Word: veteran
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Kansas senate chamber, waiting the noon recess. One Edgar Bennett, State Senator, rose, called up a resolution petitioning Congress to cut off Federal road aid. Yards away, one Ben Hegler protested, picked up the nearest object at hand, let fly with the eye and arm of a veteran baseballer. His colleague, Senator Bennett, ducked, startled; in the very centre of his bald head splashed vehemently a wet sponge...
...criminal. Cynthia-Celia slowly finds out what kind, at the same time falling in love with the returned husband, who is puzzled but suspects no substitution, . . . Out of such stuff did Greek and Roman comedians fashion oldtime sidesplitters. Sometimes the situations were allowed to become broad. Author Webster, deft veteran, had ample ingenuity to twist his twins with the decorum and happy ending required of a first-rate American Magazine serial...
...Leekley '27, a veteran of two former Yale games, will share with A.W. Slocum '28 the task of gaining a lead for Harvard...
...have the clay and cinders down pretty soon, to pave it; although I understand the students around here are going to have it paved with gold. I guess they could all right!" This last sally pleased the foreman immensely and he turned the pulpit over to Dennis Enright, veteran grounds keeper, who stood by ready to reinforce the dialogue...
...Three veteran pitchers from last year's championship nine, F. B. Cutts '28, J. N. Barbee '28 and R. H. Booth '27 are expected to be present as well as some promising twirlers from last year's Freshman outfit. For the catcher's berth Henry Chauncey '28 and E. J. Steptoe '29 are expected to stage a close race. Chauncey caught for the University team last year and Steptoe was a pitcher on the first year nine. He is to be given a chance behind the plate because of his batting ability and certain features of his playing which point...