Word: towards
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...backfield shifts point toward the breaking up of the second ball-carrying quartet for the Dartmouth game. Putnam and Wood were alternating as signal-callers, with Gilligan, Devens, and Potter playing halfbacks and fullback respectively. In the Army game Gilligan showed inability to make headway against a strong combination, and the end of the week may find him off the first eleven. The promotion of Potter to first string fullback shows that all is not yet settled as to who will substitute for the injured Harper. Last week it was White, but he was playing on Team B yesterday afternoon...
...Ramsay MacDonald's recent visit to this country was made with a view toward discussion frankly and openly the points at issue with regard to an Anglo-American understanding," he continued. "Agreement in principle between England and America is merely prerequisite to a larger international understanding, and no international naval disarmament could be successful until the differences between the United States and Great Britain had been smoothed...
...Field track candidates from the class of 1933 will gather together for the annual interdormitory fall track meet. All Freshmen are eligible to compete: and those who live outside of the dormitories will be assigned to certain halls for purposes of scoring. The winning dormitory teams will receive points toward the interdormitory Fall championship...
...Woman's Symphony Orchestra gave its first concert in memory of Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, wife of the famed Chicago philanthropist. In the spring, shortly before her death, Mrs. Rosenwald (with Mrs. Edith Rockefeller McCormick, Mrs. Ernest R. Graham, Mrs. Charles H. Swift and others) gave $1,000 toward the orchestra's upkeep. Under Conductor Ebba Sundstrom, the orchestra played its thanks. Katherine Witwer, Gary, Ind., girl, sang...
...however, make any marital history. Sad and jealous when her rival Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots, bore a son, she saw to it that Mary was beheaded. Elizabeth wisely liked her pirates, Slaver Hawkins and Explorer Drake, and profited by their booty. When Spanish troop ships sailed toward England she shouted, "I have the heart and stomach of a king." She might have fought herself had not a storm and the English navy destroyed the Armada...