Word: rivals
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harcourt, Brace and Howe are publishing a school edition of "Typee." In fostering interest in the sale of this masterpiece, an inspired press agent has this to say: "Young Tom and Long John Silver are masters of so many hearts that they need fear no rival. Yet Treasure Island with all its largess of romance falls short of exhausting the store. Some of the things Stevenson missed, Herman Melville found in the South Seas--and wrote "Typee." Days of the fear of sudden death; days of drowsy, warm forgetfulness; dark seas curling over glistening sands; amber sun-light through...
...elected captain for next year of the University swimming team at a meeting of the 1920 team held yesterday. During this season Brackett has been the individual star of the team winning a total of 66 points as compared with 32 won by G. S. Worcester '22, his closest rival. He is a dash man and was entered only in the 50 and 100-yard events this winter. In the 11 meets held this year he has won eight first places and in addition two second places in the New England Intercollegiates...
...society in the past has been wrought by its critics not by its admirers. It is essential, particularly in this time of readjustment, that our universities shall fully recognize this fact. Some compromise between warring classes and ideas can only be reached by the fullest discussion of their rival claims...
...offered to Sophomores to come out today at 1.05, when new candidates will meet at the H. A. A. At this meeting the work will be outlined and details explained. The first successful candidate automatically becomes manager of the University team in his Senior year, while his nearest rival becomes assistant manager of the second team; and manager of it in his Junior year...
...adoption of the inter-class series of races in crew last spring with the opportunity for the championship eight to meet a rival aggregation from New Haven added greatly to the interest in the sport among the men on the lower crews. The spirit inculcated at that time carried Fall rowing through to success and is now once more proving its value in bringing oarsmen out in larger numbers than ever before...