Word: staked
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Captain J. L. Pool '28, who on Wednesday was crowned singles champion of Massachusetts, is a slight favorite to capture the national singles laurels, which will be at stake in the singles tournament over the weekend. Pool will meet his stiffest opposition in M. P. Baker '25, present national title-holder, whom he defeated in straight sets, in the Massachusetts State finals on Wednesday. Herbert Rawlins '27, New York champion, and G. E. Debevoise '26, who ran Rawlins to five sets in the New York championships...
...saying half as much in the medieval days of Innocent III, a Roman Catholic priest might have been unfrocked, nibbled by rats, burned at the stake. But today, under Pius XI, who is an eel & an ogre only to such as Senator Heflin, these statements were applauded by great & good Catholics. They were made last week by the Rev. Francis P. Duffy before the National Republican Club in Manhattan. Father Duffy, no obscure clergyman, was Roman Catholic chaplain of the famed 69th Regiment of New York ("the fighting Irish") during the World War, was advisor to Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith...
...inhabitants, it is only fair that the people be allowed, in the correct tradition, to stage some orgies. Unfortunately there exists the anomaly that the clerical calumniators who would naturally on such occasions be fed to other than literary lions, are keeping, the projected revellers tightly strapped to the stake. The materials for Bacchanalia cannot be obtained in sufficient amount, and the police would not allow Saturnalia. Before the destruction finally comes, then, the authorities must adopt a more liberal attitude toward orgies. Suetonius himself could not tell a good story on Pickwick Pale alone...
...Endowment Fund, the fortunes of the Arnold Arboretum have reached a critical stage. For Mr. Harness' generous offer will not be payable until the contributions of the country at large equal the amount of $460,000 already donated to the million dollar campaign by greater Boston. Much is at stake, however, during the next few weeks because of a full in the contributions which have been coming in from the nation-wide campaign, and it is incumbent not only upon the graduates of the University but upon all garden and tree lovers throughout the United States to renew their interest...
...Every member of the school shall walk at least one mile a day, unless a freshet, earthquake, or some other calamity prevent. The bounds to the north are marked by a stake, also those to the south and west...