Word: twilight
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1910-1919
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...twilight of the lesser gods. Germany could have conquered Russia. She might have overrun France. She could never subdue England. She may not defend herself against them all with America and her utmost strength joined...
...early-season optimism. "En Route to Mexico," by Roger Batchelder '18, is the best of the two articles on the summer military expedition of "our boys," which with J. A. Goldthwait '17's. "With Battery A on the Border," forms a readable report of activities at the front. "Twilight Practice," by W. J. Littlefield '16, who persuaded the football management to adopt the Stadium lighting scheme, is another article of current interest...
...student for his conservatism. The Alumni Bulletin quotes, for example, the following from a recent book by John Macy '99: "Nothing could be more solidly conservative than American undergraduate youth. Many Russian students are rebels. But American universities can be trusted not to bring forth a revolutionary brat--their twilight sleep is perpetual." The Bulletin disagrees, and gives some instances to prove that there is no "lack either of professors and students with thoughts of their own, or of avenues for their self-expression...
...program for the Pop Concert in Symphony Hall this evening is as follows: 1. March, "Tzigane." Lacombe 2. Overture, "Light Cavalry." Suppe 3. Waltz, "Dreaming." Joyce 4. Selection, "The Little Cafe," Caryll 5. Suite, "Mexicana," Robert H. Prutting a At Twilight b Serenade c Habenera d Valse l'Espagnole 6. Violin Solo, Mr. Hoffman 7. Selection, "Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 8. Overture, "In Bohemia," H. Hadley 9. Overture, "Mignon," Thomas 10. Clair de Lune, Maquarre Violin, Mr. Hoffman; Organ, Mr. Marshall. 11. Waltz, "Papillons bleus," Waldteufel 12. March, "1915," Strube
Football was played very little except on the first Monday night of the college year, called "Bloody Monday Night," when the Freshmen and Sophomores played a game in the twilight and the dark, ending in a grand scrimmage which might perhaps be called a free fight...