Word: watchful
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Melas created a furor among smart, horsey people by proposing that a special riding track with fences (hurdles) be laid out adjoining the Row. Added he: "It would not only promote real horsemanship, but would also afford a display of skill to pedestrians who go to the Row to watch the riders going aimlessly up and down the same straight, monotonous line, showing only that they can hold a saddle, without much enjoying their ride. . . . Spectators would be delighted to see the fences cleared by the riders-and also some saddles cleared now and then-and the riders would have...
...initials were T. P. Some people pointed out that Perkins is traditionally a butler's name; others took Mr. Wethered's opponent for an American because he belted his trousers over his sweater. A big crowd came down from London and stood around the first tee to watch Mr. Wethered and Perkins drive off in the rain that is the traditional background for sporting events in Great Britain...
...Modesty is always desirable; the truly great invariably seem to possess it. We admire the old athlete who keeps his golden emblems in his pocket or at home, rather than dangling from his watch-chain. Which reminds one--have you ever seen a P.B.K. man with a wrist watch? Echo answers 'Watch...
...answer to Slocum's question, "Have you ever seen a Phi Beta Kappa man with a wrist watch?". Martin, in his letter to the Bulletin, states, "Mr. Slocum's concern is not so much with the importance of maintaining or abandoning the juxtaposition of the chronometer and the bowels as with the lack of modesty in some possessors...
...matriculation into full-fledged Sophomores, or any of many other symbols, no one very much cares. But everyone will at least agree that the Standish back-yard (or smith Common room, as the Fates decide) has never been graced with more delightful visions in organdie or escorts with watch charms in greater abundance...