Word: spectacularisms
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hardly less spectacular was the two mile victory of B. R. Cutcheon '25 over Nazro of Dartmouth whose desperate bid for first place in the latter stages of the race forced Cutcheon to surpass himself and eliminated the other Crimson entries, P. F. Coburn '24 and J. F. Ryan '26. R. L. Hyatt '24 took first place in the broad jump. The heave of C. A. Eastman '24, which covered 43 feet and one half inches in the shot put, surpassing the old record by seven inches and the recovery of Captain Merrill from some recovery of Captain Merrill from...
Mitchell Kennerley took over the Anderson Galleries when it was an obscure and relatively insignificant house; since then he has increased its business to an enormous extent. The Leverhulme sale, held in his rooms two years ago, was probably the most spectacular art auction ever held in the U. S. The American Galleries, nonetheless, is still ahead; its total business averages about $6,000,000 a year. When the two galleries are merged, they will accept bids which aggregate about $9,000,000 every year; thus surpassing, financially at least, famed Christie's, in London, which has, during...
Last week, Governor Clement Calhoun Young of California cried: "Save the beaches!" In a newspaper article he declared that oil interests were menacing the "spectacular charm," "the permanent scenic and spiritual enrichment," of the littoral playground of Californians and their visitors. Let oil-drilling be remitted, asked Governor Young, until means could be found to prevent the defacement and pollution of scenery whose value is "unmeasurably greater than the value of all the oil. . . . " Governor Young's article appeared in the Los Angeles Examiner, owned by Oil man William Randolph Hearst...
Spokesman for this First School is Dr. Leo Stanton Rowe, Director-General of The Pan-American Union at Washington and a U. S. delegate to the Conference (See THE PRESIDENCY). He recently said: "The Sixth Pan-American Congress is not intended to accomplish results of a spectacular nature...
...possibly the devotee of squash, for example, might deliver himself very well in an argument on the respective merits of the two sports for recreational exercise when the spectacular qualifications are not considered. It is only necessary to point out the size of the squash court and the little upkeep required, the short time in which sufficient exercise can be had, the little experience necessary to enjoy the game, its completeness in providing exciting action, and the fact that only one other man is required to make up a match. The Boston Herald has spoken of these advantages in suggesting...