Word: terpsichoreans
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...University of Missouri is evidently taking this leap year seriously, at least at all social events. At the first assembly dance of the new year it was de rigueur that the feminine contingent reverse the old order by inviting the males, escorting them to the precincts of terpsichorean festivity, and paying the admittance fee. At least the masculine prom trotter was to be relieved of his anxieties, and the woman...
...navy blue cover there appeared not a portrait of Premier Dictator Joseph Pilsudski, or of President Ignatz Moscicki, or of Ignatz Paderewski, or Joseph Conrad, or Tadeusz Andzrezej Bonawentura Kosciuszko but an action picture of Gilda Gray.* "Polish dancer." Poles, incensed, took umbrage at such terpsichorean levity in their favorite periodical...
Petite and piquante Mary Jane, dancing star of "Yes, Yes, Yvette," granted an interview yesterday to the CRIMSON, back-stage, before the matinee performance at the Wilbur. Discussing the particular phase of the terpsichorean art in which she excells, Mary Jane remarked that the public has a decided preference for slapstick dancing. "The audience delights in the 'knock down and drag out' burlesque dance, and such a number in the repertory of a professional dancer, means more applause and more money. However, one pays fully for both. The audience cannot appreciate the risks that one has to take to achieve...
...chorus girls whose terpsichorean ability is improving daily are: E. D. Cole '27, D. F. Harding '27, David Whiting '29, J. C. Sprague 3ES. J. B. Parker '29, L B.H. Sparrow 3ES, C. B. del Solar '29, E. S. Stimson '27, Norman McDonald '28, L. M. McTurnan '28, Moses Ellis '28, G. O. Russell '27, A. W. Lind '29, Humphrey Statler '29, W. W. McAdams '29 and M. A. Jensen...
...Where and when did I start dancing? Well, I first manifested my terpsichorean proclivities--this is a a Photoplay interviews, isn't it?--on the street concerns of Charlestown, Massachusetts-no, not Charlestown, Black Bottom-not for Art's sake but for pennies. Next came a platform and a Dr. Bunkum who sold potent medicines while I held the crowd. I quit when he tried to use me as an illustration for the benefits of Peppy corn plasters...