Word: quakers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...berth. Penn and Navy, like Harvard, have been the underdogs in their races so far this season. Coach Glendon's midshipmen are going to the starting line with small comfort in having defeated Syracuse a week ago, for they have previously lost to Tech and Columbia. The Quaker staters have also matched up against the season's best crews, finishing last in regattas with Columbia and Yale, and Columbia and Princeton...
...Therefore the Sublime Emperor, Hirohito Tenno, descendant of the Sun Goddess, promoted to the rank of hostess for a day the gracious Princess Setsu, wife of the Emperor's next older brother and heir, Prince Chichibu. Not so long ago Miss Setsu Matsudaira was a pupil at the Friends (Quaker) School in Washington, D. C.. where her father was until recently Japanese Ambassador. Last week she stood in a smart Paris frock at the right hand of the Son of Heaven, and made gracious small talk in soft, Washingtonian English with the British Prince...
Weird fielding by various Quaker infielders was a factor in the early scoring. With one out, F.E. Nugent '29 singled and went to third on a passed ball, whence he scored the first run of the game on the drive of E.H. McGrath '31. J. A. Prior '29 reached first when Becker fumbled his grounder, the Crimson short stop reaching third on the play. At this juncture, the two baserunners worked a double steal, scoring a second run. Prior counted a moment later on a wild pitch...
...Coach Mitchell will send his star right-hander Howard Whitmore '29 to the mound this afternoon. Today's will be the last game until the Penn contest next Saturday, and it is essential that Whitmore keep his hand in if he is to stop the triumphant march of the Quaker sluggers. After a slow start the Red and Blue nine got going and have now ten straight victories to their credit. The number among their victims such outstanding college teams as Yale, Princeton, and Brown...
...International Paper and New England Power. When he obtained control of the former, combinations began. He kept in the background. Seldom has his name appeared in print except, during the 90's, in the sport news. He used to be an able tennis racqueteer. His background is Quaker, and old New English. His father, Arnold Buffum Chace, is chancellor of Brown University. The Chace spokesman, figurehead and factotum...