Word: slant
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...volume, notes of sympathy for bereaved friends, letters of state to men like Walter Hines Page, letters of advice to young men who asked for it. But some of the best are purely personal letters. To "Elizabeth" Lane directed messages which give a slant at the man from a unique angle. We find this hard-headed two-fisted public servant a poet at heart, rising above the prosaic environment he regretted...
...Slant-eyed Cubist Queen" is the second newly added number. It will be sung by Joseph Larocque Jr. '23 assisted by a special-chorus of "cubist queens" composed of D. S. Elisworth '22, J. G. Flint '24, G. L. Paine Jr. '22, and John McDuffie...
...plays. It is a sombre piece; there is scarcely a laugh in it. It has none of the sparkle of "Believe Me, Xantippe", nor the comedy shadings of "Mamma's Affair". Nor it is a thesis play like "Common Clay". There is behind it no idea, no criticism, no "slant" on Life such as we are accustomed to look for in the "serious" plays of today. It is simply a story, a powerful, unembroidered study of three characters who find themselves in a difficult and potenially tragic situation. A nerve specialist who marries a patient whom he does not love...
...Tiger net. At this point D. Angier '22 and J. Martin '22 replaced Bacon and Baker on the wings, while T. M. Avery '21 took Snelling's place in the line. Captain Walker secured the puck behind his own goal and, after a beautiful dash on a long slant down the rink, eluded the outer defence and shot as he swung in toward the goal, sending the disc to the high corner of the net as Maxwell jumped to meet him. A moment later he left the game with his nose broken, and J. Gaston '21 took his place while...