Word: rare
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...veterans. McNichol, Strauss, Warwick and Harvey all were on the nine which last spring defeated the University. Schriver, the left-handed shortstop, is a Californian who has shown up well this spring, and for whom great hopes are held. Besides handling well in the field, he has the ability, rare in a south-paw, of hitting right and left-handed pitchers equally well...
Horan, twirling for the visitors, has a combination of speed and a puzzling hook rare in intercollegiate circles. The Dugan brothers, in the van of the batting order, are a pair of sluggers who have been registering well above 400 this spring. O'Connor, a brilliant though less steady batsman, is a left-handed first baseman of experience and speed...
Among the rare pieces by Robert Browning are the proof-sheets of "Bolls and Pomegranates," with numerous corrections and changes in the author's handwriting, and a similar edition of "Ferishtah's Fancies," and one of the first issues of "Pauline." The original manuscript and earliest printed issue of "Helen's Tower" completes the Browning collection. Mrs. Browning is represented by a rare first edition of "The Battle of Marathon" and "Sonnets From the Portuguese." There is also on exhibition an autographed letter of Tennyson...
From the Boston Massacre to the present, we have seen that to summon armed force before it is needed can only act as a provocation for violence. The ability to keep cool in a crisis is unhappily too rare. Where it occurs, the crisis usually passes off without further friction. In labor disputes, perhaps more than anywhere else, violence can never be justified except as the last resort, in the face of actual danger. Its untimely use is invariably disastrous. When once we realize this, our labor conflicts will be at once less bloody and less frequent...
...Morris and Flo Campbell offer a witty sketch, "The Aviate-Her," in which Morris shows rare ability as a comedy entertainer. George MacFarlane, a baritone with a full rich voice sings well some popular songs...