Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Henry P. Fletcher of Greencastle, Pa., present Ambassador to Belgium, promoted to that post from Under Secretary of State, a lawyer by training. During the Spanish War he served as a private in the Rough Riders. Since 1902 he has held one diplomatic post after another, reaching the rank of Ambassador in 1914, with which authority he served in Chile and Mexico...
...restless fellow looked around for a way to finance his trip. In the Italian quarter prize fighting was in vogue. Many lads from the rough neighborhood were earning comfortable purses. Raggini dreamed that he would become a paladin of the ring and gather enough money to finance his studies, would fight his way with his fists to Parnassus. He practiced boxing and embarked upon a pugilistic career. But his throat was better than his knuckles. Instead of the pugilistic reputation that would have got him large pay, he encountered mostly hard punchings. His own blows were weak, his opponents...
...marked the course of the contests for the America's Cup some seasons age. Then, it will be remembered, conditions had to be exactly right; the sea could not be too choppy, yet there had to be enough wind to make it a race. If the weather kicked up rough at all, one or the other of the boats would carry away a topmast and have to refit...
...Campbell went on to explain that this rough but very essential method of reducing a squad always sent many unknown quantities to the lower squads. This year these lower squads, the Dormitory football squads will be under the direct supervision of Mr. Campbell. The Dormitory coaching staff, consisting of Arthur Anthony '24, B. S. Cogan '23, E. D. Hamilton '23, and J. P. Hubbard '25--all ex-members of the first of second University squads will report to him regularly on the progress of men in their squads, and when advisable recommend restoration to the first Freshman squad...
...there 375. The artists to whom the hand furniture industry gives employment are chiefly the Dutch, German and French. They work in all mediums-from redwood to Circassian walnut. They do not greatly resent the encroachments of the machine age, for they recognize its assistance to the craftsman. Machines rough out much of the work for the hand-carver to finish, and a composition of sawdust and glue is much used for the conventional work. The pieces displayed include every variety of ornamental and utilitarian furniture, from German altar pieces to Grandfather clocks and Chippendale suites. The chef...