Word: wright
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...discomfort. Aesthetically the book parallels the current literary renaissance of early America. If widely read, it should speed the arrival, in districts beyond New England, Philadelphia and Baltimore, of styles in architecture and decoration which, once indigenous, were successively entombed by the brownstone, red-plush, cupola, stucco, Frank Lloyd Wright and Grand Rapids eras...
...difficult to prognosticate a successful season for the national champions who have lost G. D. Debevoise '26, R. S. Wright '26, and L. S. Haskins '26 through graduation. Men who have advanced from the Freshman and Second teams have not yet had the opportunity to distinguish themselves. Coach Harry Cowles, however, hopes to repeat the unusually successful records of the past three seasons...
Professor and Mrs. Harlow Shapley, Dr. and Mrs. Alfred Worcester, and Captain and Mrs. C. A. Wright...
...respect to the war guilt of the Central Powers" was the question before the house in the Living Room of the Union. Speaking in defense of this motion, Professor Barnes presented an unanswerable case, and so carried his audience along that at the close of his speech C. P. Wright 1G rose and moved that there be no vote on the question. This motion was seconded, but defeated by 75 to 50, and the subsequent poll supported Professor Barnes...
There are other things, adds Mr. Frank, which symbolize America as much as jazz: Ethelbert Nevin's "The Rosary" is as native as Irving Berlin's "All Alone"; and Harold Bell Wright and the New York Daily News could exist only in this land of our forefathers. But such trifles are ignored by the modernists, even though they are folk art. As Mr. Frank points out, aesthetic acceptance depends on the intrinsic value of art, whether it be folk or fine. If jazz is good it is good because it is jazz, not because it is American. To be pedantic...