Word: trios
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...citizens. George Ade, whose "Fables in Slang" delighted American and European readers of two decades ago, and George Barr McCutcheon, creator and king of the realm of Graustark, will be the two authors who claim Purdue as their Alma Mater, while J. T. McCutcheon, the cartoonist, will complete the trio of alumni which will carry the Purdue colors into the Stadium...
...reached, not for his score, but for a bronze desk-set offered by audiences, for a golden plaque, which members of his band had caused to be decorated with an engraving of their leader's face. "Only Coolidge, Harding, Lindbergh have had such portraits," said Mr. Roulstone. "The trio should be a quartet . . . gold to a Goldman...
...which sit those awaiting a presidential audience. On the bench one morning last week sat a Wyoming dirt farmer, his wife, his daughter. From ten o'clock until noon they sat, patient, vigilant. On the stroke of twelve the President came out of the office, bowed to the trio, passed on. Called the farmer to a nearby Secret Service man: "Is that the President? 'Well, come on, Mandy; now we can say we seen...
...have been ranked in the first two places on the Freshman court team this spring, have beaten every man on the University team with the single exception of Captain Whitbeck. Gordon, although he has lost to the two Freshman stars, has a chance of becoming a member of the trio if he defeats Captain Whitbeck. If Gordon is successful in this match, he will probably have to play over the matches with the two first year...
...rated as one of the strongest college players in the country. Captain Winston Guest of Yale being the only player having a higher outdoor handicap. Pinkerton played on the University team as a Freshman, when first-year men were permitted to play, and was elected leader of the trio the following year. He has led every team since then, and in 1925 captained the outfit to its intercollegiate title...