Word: star
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...time passed things began to roughen and penalties were numerous. The climax of a sensational battle came when St. Germain the McGill leader, streaking down the boards, crashed into an excited spectator leaning out over the ice and carried him out onto the rink. Greatly incensed the Canadian star was all for fighting his unexpected defense opponent, but players and officials came to the rescue and the extra man was removed from the rink. St. Germain was sufficiently aroused, however, to assail the Harvard net alone and jam in the last goal...
Died. Emily Stevens, 45, famed actress, cousin of Mrs. Fiske; in Manhattan; of pneumonia complicated with an overdose of nerve sedative. Onetime star of The Unchastened Woman, Fata Morgana...
Excess Baggage. This romance of a tightrope walker proved agreeable. Vaudeville slang and another peek into the no longer private lives of stage people were foremost factors. The hitherto useless wife of the tight-rope man suddenly became a famous movie star. She went slack on her marital obligations, one of which was to stand at the stage end of the tightrope when her husband took his famed slide from the balcony. In her absence, he took the slide (in full view of the audience) and crashed. She hurried out to pick up the pieces; love bloomed anew...
...songs and jokes, but the librettist held closely to her basic story. The floating theatre on the Mississippi made a perfect background; Negro singers helped the melodies. These tunes were by Jerome David Kern, written at his best. Unlimited chorus girls and superbly competent principals (there is no star) added full value...
...outstanding player in the first string line-up is P. A. Watts '31, only Freshman to score against the University players in the scrimmage last Wednesday. J. D. Garrison '31 another star, will not be able to partake in the fray as he was injured by a skate cut which will keep him off the ice for a week in yesterday's practice. Much is expected of S. L. Batchelder '31 whose long reach, weight and aggressiveness are decided advantages in favor of the Crimson...