Word: tuneful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington. There in 1862 after a great review across the Potomac Julia Ward Howe heard the Federal troopers singing it. Early the next morning, with John Brown's Body running through her mind, she wrote the words of The Battle Hymn of the Republic to Bishop's tune...
...Eyck Lansing, quiet and reserved, with a soft moving voice, read the Class Poem. This was followed by the singing of the Class Ode, written by George Lee Haskins, to the tune of Fair Harvard. Frank E. Johnson, III, Chorister, led the orchestra in accompaniment. The exercises were concluded by the march of the Senior Class to Kirkland House for lunch. Many in the audience expressed regret that these traditional exercises had been moved out of Sanders Theatre...
With a light workout of 11 miles after the successful time trial of Tuesday, the Crimson Varsity eight will tune up for the 73rd annual Yale contest with a regular row today and a light, four-mile workout tomorrow. Coach Charlie Whiteside says there will be no further changes and that his men are in fine condition. The squad and its supporters at Red Top are resting neither over-confident or despondent, basing their hopes on their three-pounds-per-man-heavier boat and the final time made Tuesday...
Worst joke: "I'm St. Peter's brother, Salt Peter." Best tune: "Let's Swing...
...made the arrangements himself. And they are all smoothly polished, all rich in counterpoint, most of them sweet, none sissy. Many of his introductions are almost symphonic. Yet Noble never forgets that he plays for dancing and his rhythm never flags. Even "Goodnight, Sweetheart" is a sturdy swinging tune when Ray Noble plays...