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...library fund of the Union will be increased by $300 to swell the supply of books to be used during the Reading Period, it was announced yesterday by Davidson Sommers, 1L, graduate secretary of the organization...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNION ADDS MORE BOOKS TO LIBRARY | 12/5/1927 | See Source »

...journalistic pipes with a mighty welter of superlative swell toward the climax of the overture. Out in the shadow house a moneyed populace whispers expectantly, and straining, catches through a rift in the curtain delicious glimpses of promised wonders. And not a tear, even hypocritical, falls for the old fellow, battered but unbowed, led away to an obscure almshouse. It is the model Y of fragrant memories, a picaresque place that in the noisy exuberance of gallant youth growing nation. But it is said that Harvard and America are decadent now. One rides in Chryslers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BIRTHDAY OF THE INFANTA | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

...they don't come better than "Peggy Ann." The Fields-Rogers-Hart combination was responsible for the book and score; Helen Ford and Lulu McConnell, aided by a clever cast and a slim and agile chorus, romp through the zany-like plot; and the audience has a simply swell time the entire evening...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PEGGY GETS HER SUMMA; HELEN--THE NEW FORD | 12/1/1927 | See Source »

...went out upon Galway Bay in wretched, unsubstantial tarred-canvas boats- the only boats they could afford. Hatless, he raced out of his house and down to the shore to give warning. From the shore he looked out at the midget fleet, already almost invisible on the quiet swell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Irish Coast | 11/14/1927 | See Source »

...Sure. Great. Where is he? In jail. Great. Why? Because he murdered. Swell. His father gets married. Do they drag the story out again for me-FIEND'S FATHER FINDS MATE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Fame | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

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