Word: tunes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...romantic, and dimly lighted scene, the camp of the Riffian chieftain, the baffling Red Shadow. The Song of the Volga Boatmen contributes its mite as the tribesmen open the play with the Riding song of the Riffs, a rare gem in basso profundo, with excellent time and almost no tune, which will defy college men all over the country who sing tenor and aspire to bass...
...therefore, of Canada's beneficial institutions that the first boy-speaker, Herbert Moran of Toronto, told. After he had finished, the band played "God Save the King," which a lot of the children mistook for "My Country 'Tis of Thee" because the tune was the same, and up stepped William Meades Newton of Liverpool, England, to tell about the benefits of the British Empire. Nearly every one recognized the next anthem without difficulty, "The Star Spangled Banner," which heralded the performance of the champion U. S. school orator, Herbert Wenig of Los Angeles. Herbert repeated the piece...
Lehigh, crushed by Brown two weeks ago to the tune of 32 to 0, brought a determined team to Princeton and very nearly tied the Tigers, who eked out a narrow triumph, 7 to 6. The winners missed three chances to score when the Lehigh defense stiffened and held for downs. Both scores came as direct results of forward passes and a poor kick for the point after touchdown was all that saved the Orange and Black from being tied for the second time this year...
...discouragingly in the middle of the summer on account of the weather, J. L. Shuke, formerly of "47" Workshop, composed a ballad which we all added to and modified during the tour. It was sung during our wanderings on the highway and was really quite inspiring. Set to the tune of Columbia, Gem of the Ocean', it goes as follows...
...battled her to a 7 to 7 tie, and very nearly won the game in the last two plays on two long forward passes. The Generals outrushed the Orange and Black by 13 first downs to 10, and showed the coaches that their team needed considerable work to tune it up for the later encounters. Loose handling of the ball was a bad fault evident in the Princeton backfield...