Word: vigilable
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...Renaissance amphitheatre on a stage similar to the Elizabethan. It begins early on Sunday morning after the players have attended High Mass. It lasts eight hours. The first part (Act I to Act VII) carries the story of Christ's last week from His entry into Jerusalem to His vigil in the Garden of Gethsemane where He prayed: "Father, if Thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but Thine, be done." After an interval for lunch, the second part (Act VIII to Act XIV) continues to the Condemnation under Pilate. The last part...
...colt that came back," won the Kentucky Derby, most important race in America. The previous week Zev went to the post a heavy favorite in the Preakness and faltered badly, losing to Walter J. Salmon's Vigil. His reversal of form at the Derby vindicated his backers and, incidentally, paid those who still retained their faith in him $40.40 for a $2 ticket. Over 75,000 saw the race on the historic Churchill Downs. Zev's owner, H. F. Sinclair, collected $53,625 as the stake of victory...
...fact that it has not been the custom to hold mass meetings for the major spring sports before the Yale-Princeton contests, and with no less appreciation of the proposal, we prefer to realize the unquestionable backing of the undergraduates as indicated by the number who kept the long vigil on the banks of the Charles last Saturday. G. M. Appleton '22, Captain. R. Heber Howe Jr., Director of Rowing...
...Irish Sea, the Mediterranean, and the waters around the coasts of England and France. At least, we soon believed this to be the German policy when, after the Naval Reserve had taken to sea in their motley array of ships, no enemy was found willing to do battle. Our vigil little by little relaxed, the crews ceased to open fire on every inoffensive porpoise, and the Navy Department began to build 110-footers to go abroad and do our fighting there. Just when all was serene and quiet the Teuton struck and as usual he did a thorough job. About...
Rupert Brooke is too well known to quote; Mary Raymond Shipman Andrew's "Vigil" too long. Miss Winifred Letts, in a whimsically said little lyric, speaks thus of the Oxford men in service...