Word: solids
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many prizes and fellowships offering a trip to Europe as the solid flesh to accompany the more nebulous haze of distinction lent by them, the larger part are a direct result of war-time and early post-war idealism. In those days of friendship and hatred, hope and vindictiveness, the idea of greater intercourse among nations as a cure for world ills found its widest acceptance; and the generosity of people on both sides of the ocean established a considerable number of exchange studentships. Since that time, other interests than purely philanthropic ones have bestirred themselves, and while these latter...
...closing innings the Crimson hitters began to find the offerings of the Holy Cross southpaw and straighten them out for solid hits where before they had dribbled feebly to the infield. There were two men on base, none out, and trembling hesitancy in the Holy Cross stands in the ninth when A. G. Whitney '29 lashing a screaming line drive to deep left center. Captain Savage, who was Harvard's Jonah for the day, appeared from nowhere and speared the ball backhanded with his gloved hand. Cutts followed with a double, but the next two batters died. R. C. Sullivan...
This group of articles written by men who are eminently well qualified to speak on Harvard, either past or present, contains many entertaining stories, much solid history, and certain intangible traditions which have become the most lasting part of what the name Harvard signifies. All of this varied material--tales of the nefarious activities of the Med. Fac. society and the great Commons rebellions as well as Dean Briggs' interpretation of the part of the individual in Harvard life--is just as essential to a full understanding of the Harvard of today as of the Harvard of a century past...
...percentage of sucrose in the juice. The average yield of cane per caballeria is at least 15 percent greater than that of Cristalina, growing under similar agronomic conditions, and, as it is a more persistent grower, the fields do not need replanting so frequently. The cane stalks are solid and of greater weight than Cristalina. A sample of 22 carloads of this cane averaged 239 arrobas per car heavier than an equal number of Cristalina. (Cristalina usually weighs from 1,000 to 1,100 arrobas per carload...
Although the Nipponese players did not offer the University team much trouble in the way of heavy hitting, the Crimson batters had plenty of difficulty in finding the offerings of the two Keio hurlers. Migatake and Hamazaki, for solid hits...