Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Final plans for the Winthrop House Christmas dinner were revealed yesterday when it was announced that the dinner will take place on Thursday, December 15. During the dinner the Glee Club will sing and afterwards B.A. De Voto '20, instructor in English will read several selections...
Christopher Morley, whose taste is not always unexceptionable, might have picked a better name for his latest hero than Richard Roe. The name, with other Roe-ish actions and qualities, will irresistibly remind many a reader who has seen the Pulitzer-Prizewinning Of Thee I Sing of that forgotten man, Alexander Throttlebottom. Author Morley has not tried to make his hero heroic but he has certainly not intended to go to the other extreme and make him vicepresidential...
Today a line of motor lorries stretches itself out over macadam highways. The occupants are clad warmly from head to foot, and some of the women wear fur coats. They can joke and sing because they have just had coffee and doughnuts provided them at the last town, and someone will look after them tonight. The procession of trucks, for which $100 each has been paid, is flanked by motorcycle troopers who will escort them to the next city, and there they will be feted and photographed. They call themselves the "Hunger Marchers...
...morning services consisted of prayers, scriptures, and perhaps only a hymn, the matter would merit no objection. As it is, however, the anthems and responses which the choir sings three times a week, and the important part it plays in the Sunday services demand conditions which will do justice to the singing. To make a capella anthem really effective, it is necessary to sing in a hall which has enough resonance to assist in sustaining every note, and which does not necessitate a continual effort on the part of the choir. As long as the carpet and ceiling remain...