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Word: youthful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...society, was kept up for 50 years until the custom was dropped by the society. On June 22, 1820 "we serenaded almost every pretty girl in Boston, and returned at daybreak." Again Dr. Holmes was serenaded. The Pierian was invited in, and was surprised at the assembly of youth and beauty, "took an affectionate farewell, and many a longing, lingering look was sent back upon many a swimming eye." On a third occasion Judge Fay was serenaded. "We discoursed most eloquent music, much said, Let us go. And behold we went to the city of the Philistines, and did serenade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Quaint Pamphlet Relates Early History of Oldest Musical Organization in U.S. | 10/21/1924 | See Source »

MINICK-A microscope on middle-class life which insists that youth and age are incompatible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

...film is out; and the censors are silent. So discerning was the craftsmanship that most of the original weathered the storm. The story, in case one's memory has blind spots, tells of an earnest youth whose wild oats flourish forth at the feet of his fiancée. The moral is that all men are tarnished; it is woman's task to select a husband that cleans easily. May McAvoy and Marie Prevost occupy themselves to good effect as the fiancée and the wild oats. The picture is to be recommended, but not with banners...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 20, 1924 | 10/20/1924 | See Source »

This lecture is the second of a series in religion being given under the auspices of the Graduate Schools Society and the Christian Association. The first lecture was given last Sunday in Paine Hall, where 650 men heard President Eliot discuss "Religion for Modern Youth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CADBURY WILL DISCUSS SOURCES OF THE BIBLE | 10/18/1924 | See Source »

...have a look at the "spindle-legged" and "hollow-chested" American youth who at this moment adorns the garages and boulevards of Cambridge because he prefers the broad highway to the gridiron, or diamond. It is easy to see that the automobile owners at Harvard come, as a rule, from the wealthier prep school element, since high school men being more studious have less time for joy riding. It is in the prep schools that athletics are compulsory and it is from there that most of Harvard's great athletes come. You will find, therefore, that the prep school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Communication | 10/17/1924 | See Source »

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