Word: roughnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...excluding from college everybody theoretically except the professional hobo. He has none of those objectionable qualities of ancestors, wealth, social standing, or ambition. Moreover, he hails from rolling stock and has a decided preference for aristocracy, whether it be the aristocracy of brains or the aristocracy of the rough and ready. This last named qualification insures a dogged determination in, as well as an easy adaptability to, the academic life...
...soul, that simplicity of demeanour, and that overwhelming power" which the actor and phrase-loving William Winter once found in Mr. Mantell's Richelieu were grievously lacking on Monday night. In place of these praiseworthy qualities one found a lack of finesse, a lack of dignity, and a rough sketchiness of character delineation which were disconcerting. In addition Mr. Mantell displayed a pronounced fondness for an indefinite kind of starfish gesture that told the audience he had ten nimble fingers but gained little in adding to the significance of his lines. Mr. Mantell's voice is rich and pleasing...
...Conn., June 12, 1922.--High wind especially in the afternoon prevented any hard work-out here today except under the shelter of the west bank on the upper mile of the course, where the water was not quite so rough. The feature of the day was a three quarter mile sprint in the afternoon in which the second eight barely nosed out the first University crew by the margin of a quarter of a length...
After waiting until 7.15 in the evening for the wind to abate, Dr. Howe decided to send his two University crews out despite the rough weather which showed no sign of a let-up. The two eights were almost swamped going over from the quarters at Red Top to the starting line across the river. Under the shelter of the west bank the two crews rowed downstream about half a mile, and raced back upstream for about three quarters of a mile with the seconds fishing across the finish a few feet in the lead...
...water on the Lake was unusually rough at the time fixed for the races, but Coaches Howe and Hoyle kept their oarsmen on hand in hopes that the wind would die down later in the afternoon. By the time the University and Freshman crews reached the starting line, however, the shells had shipped a substantial amount of water, while the condition of the lake made it plain that all rowing was out of the question. It had originally been planned, in case of rough water, to send the boats over the mile and three quarters course in the inlet near...