Word: rhodes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Second Andrews volume begins more dramatically with an account of the found ing of Rhode Island, moves through a realistic explanation of the liberal charter of Connecticut, the rivalry between the colonies and their intrigues in England, the collapse of the ill-fated New Haven col ony, and ends with the fall of the absolute lordship in Maryland in 1691. Its high point is in its account of the confusion in the New England colonies that followed the restoration of Charles II, the masterly diplomacy that saved them from punishment for their support of Cromwell. In 1643, Roger Williams...
...Providence, Rhode Island's Electoral College did not know until the last minute whether it could meet. Reason: in the town of Warwick four voting machines in one ward had been locked up because of a local contest. Opened at the last minute they showed that false totals had been reported, 200 votes on each machine. Democratic Mayor John A. O'Brien, instead of being re-elected by 179 votes, lost by 621 votes to Republican Albert P. Ruerat. After a three-hour delay: for Roosevelt & Garner, 4 electoral votes...
...first great victory over Thomas E. Jansen, Jr. '26, at one time runnerup in the National Championships, in three straight sets, was followed by an equally astounding win over Carroll Harrington '24, reputedly one of Rhode Island's best players, in five close matches. The third match was played this week with Lyman H. B. Olmsted, one of Barry Cowles' proteges, and the thirteenth ranking player in the state. Dorson won in three out of four...
Basketball is the traditional sport at Rhode Island where practice has been under way all fall. Frank Keaney's teams play hard ball, using a man to man defense and employing the fast break. This is the type of competition with which the Crimson will be faced in most of the major games...
...Rhode Island, however, presents a peculiar problem in that the Keaneymen use a man to man defence on the entire floor instead of dropping back into defense position once they have lost the ball. They are one of the two or three teams in the country which use this system of defense. The Crimson, on the other hand, falls back into the more conventional defense position and uses a rotating offense instead of the break...