Word: turning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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With the roof garlanded with strings of Japanese lanterns and the Sanctum an oasis of lights and colors, the CRIMSON will be one of the resorts to which Seniors and their families will turn their steps after the last of the confetti has been thrown in the Stadium this afternoon. The CRIMSON spread will begin at 5.30 o'clock, immediately after the afternoon celebration, but, unlike the greater number of other spreads, it will continue until midnight...
...eighteenth century ensemble, President Lowell spoke a few words in praise of the architect, Charles A. Coolidge '81. Bishop William Lawrence '71 delivered the prayer, and Professor Charles H. Grandgent '83 gave his poem. Then Mr. Coolidge presented the keys of the building to President Lowell who in turn passed them on to Mr. E. W. Forbes '95, the director. Then the Glee Club sang three selections before the audience was invited to inspect the building...
...Graham McNamee was telling the rest of the land: "Here comes the guard of honor ahead of Lindbergh's car. . . . The cavalrymen with drawn sabres make a dashing picture. . . . Here's the boy. . . . He comes forward unassuming, quiet, a little stoop in his shoulders. . . . Now I will turn the microphone to the reviewing stand, where President Coolidge and the boy Lindbergh stand quietly together...
History. In 1800, the Earl of Elgin set forth to make drawings, models, paintings of the Athenian ruins which testify to the immortality of Periclean Greece and the work of Phidias. Greece then was under Ottoman dominion. Being a Christian, Lord Elgin found himself obstructed at every turn. His artist companions were forbidden approach to the ruins, let alone entrance. Later Great Britain's arms prevailed over France, and Egypt (hitherto under French dominion) was dealt to Turkey. So enthusiastic waxed the Ottomans over this token of good will, that Lord Elgin was told to go ahead and make...
Last week Mr. Lyle's attorneys declared that the infirmities of their client had caused a partial cessation of the blood circulation in his brain, this in turn causing him to act as he did toward Demonstrator William Weaver. They asked that the charges against their client be dismissed. Soon District Attorney Albert Fach announced that he was investigating the case thoroughly, intimated that he would approve dismissal...