Word: rains
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...outers." For the Goddess. The third chapter of II Kings gives an account of human sacrifice to appease an angry god. Last week six members of a tribe in southern Rhodesia were convicted of murder. They had burned to death one Manduza in order to appease the rain goddess whom they thought he had violated. No rain had fallen for weeks, and it was held by them that he had caused the drought by offering her violence. His father, the chief of the tribe, consented to his son's death. When the case was tried in the government courts...
...rain goddess of Rhodesia, who still demands human sacrifices...
...case of rain the exercises will be held in Sanders Theatre and only one ticket will be allotted to members of the graduating class...
Despite a high wind, rain, and rough water yesterday morning which kept the Freshmen on shore the other three crews rowed downstream to the Navy Yard and back, a total distance of about four miles. On the way downstream Coach Muller took Captain Ladd's place at number 6 in University A, but after the Navy Yard was reached, Coach Muller returned to the launch, letting Ladd row back upstream. A feature of the morning's practice was the rowing of the University crew in pairs. First bow and number 2 rowed together, the other oarsmen resting, then numbers...
...rain having ceased in the afternoon, all four crews paddled upstream toward Norwich, covering about five miles...