Word: trios
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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American superficiality and British thoroughness were not illustrated by the recent debate of Bates College with Oxford, as reported in the Gavel, the organ of the intercollegiate honorary society for debaters. The Bates professor who accompanied the American trio does not assert that the Yankees prepared their arguments more fully. But he draws a sharp contrast between their businesslike, precise methods and the longer, more extemporaneous British procedure. The three Americans had carefully dovetailed their arguments. The three Britons each presented an individual point of view, caring nothing for minor inconsistencies. The American debate was based upon a careful brief...
...finish the audience lost itself completely in the humor and merriment provided by this week's all-star cast. The "Seven Musical Spillers" brought back reminiscences of Ed Wynn's "Black and White" orchestra; Earl Richard, of Passing Show fame, entertained with "coon" wit and song; the "White Way Trio" gave choice selections from Broadway's repertoire of ragtime, pathos and humor; William Moran and Al Wiser proved that they were not only good jugglers but also adept comedians; the "Glorias" charmed their audience with their clever interpretation of pantomine and fancy ball-room dancing; while "Permane and Shelly...
...Murphy '22, last season's regular, and L. C. Larrabee '24, the Freshman catcher last year. Of the ten infielders Lincoln and T. M. Carnegie '24 are the most prominent. D. F. Thayer '23, J. S. Clark '23 and A. S. Rogers '24, make a good outfield trio, and there are seven others as alternatives...
...stepped in at first, the only place to be filled from last year's nine, and is playing like a veteran. He is, perhaps, the steadiest man on the team and often makes seemingly impossible stops and pickups. Emmons, Conlon, and Lincoln are a fast and heavy-hitting infield trio, aild Hallock, Janin and Crocker have improved noticeably in the last games...
...fantastic and amusing comedy, "Wurzel-Flummery", by A. A. Milne, editor of "Punch" and author of "Mr. Pun Passes By", will be the second of the trio. "Robert Crashaw", a dignified member of Parliament, played by F. DeN. Schroeder '24, is unexpectedly left a large sum of money, but under the condition that he should adopt the name "Wurzel-Flummery". To complicate matters his rival in Parliament, "Richard Meriton", played by R. T. Pell '24 is left an equal sum and under equal conditions. Miss Dorothy Somerset '21 of Radcliffe, as "Viola Crashaw", provides a happy solution to the problem...