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...presented 250 Rhodesmen to Edward of Wales, remembered them all. Lady Wylie always presided at tea, had every Scholar to dinner once a year. Sir Francis, wise and tactful, was knighted in 1929 for his Rhodes work. In 1931 the current crop of Rhodesmen gave the Wylies a silver salver, a scroll, a dining room suite...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Rhodesmen at Swarthmore | 6/5/1933 | See Source »

...loyal Moose, Secretary of Labor James John Davis was honored with the gift of a silver salver by delegates at the first international convention of the Loyal Order of Moose, in Cardiff, Wales, last week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CABINET: Labor's Davis | 8/13/1928 | See Source »

...spite of the efforts of their supposed host to get a swallow himself, was rendered purely for its farce values, and the very rich comedy in it wholly neglected. Above all, the incident where "Diggory" delivers a letter stuck in a broom by way of a salver is palpably out of place. Also the numerous soliloquies, despite their difficulty, might have been given, with more skill. Once started, however, the play runs well, and mounts steadily from the beginning to a very creditable height in the third act and thereafter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/5/1922 | See Source »

...John H. Moreland, foreman of the University Press, who has "made up" the Advocate ever since it was founded in '66, was presented Thursday with a silver water pitcher and salver by the board of editors of that paper. The presentation marks the close of Mr. Moreland's long connection with the Advocate, which is hereafter to be printed in Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACT AND RUMOR. | 2/17/1883 | See Source »

...salver of gold and on trusty blade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BALLAD. | 11/8/1878 | See Source »

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