Word: driving
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...switch was for the better was seen at the very start when Putnam dashed off-tackle for a 22-yard run. More convincing, however, was the performance of the slippery and elusive Mays. The Sophomore flash, injected in the game in the second quarter, led the Crimson in its drive for its first score, dashing and squirming through the Southerners in a manner similar to Marsters. He crossed the Floridans line again in the fourth quarter but the score was disallowed because of a penalty...
...small-size basketball, indoor polo players will hereafter play with a new ball, 4½ in. thick like the old one, but of a sponge rubber composition, leather-covered with only one seam and without the lacings that made the old ball swerve crazily when you hit a long drive. The association also decided that although no indoor polo player has ever been good enough to have a ten-goal handicap, Winston Guest was too good to have anything less...
...miles from the village, and in order to worship he had to hire a trap-it was before the days of motor cars. It cost him six shillings, and being a Scotsman, he was a thrifty man. His religion compelled him to spend six shillings a week to drive from Lossiemouth to Elgin. But his desire to get good value for his money compelled him to commit the sin of drunkenness on Saturday, in order that he might have some reason to go and interview the Priest and get absolution next morning." Instant were the repercussions of this story. "Considering...
...Manhattan's socially outworn Riverside Drive, a skyscraper-Museum, dedicated to one man, was formally opened last week. The man was Professor Nicholas Constantinovich Roerich (TIME, July 1), famed Russian painter-writer-explorer-philosopher. The brick skyscraper, designed by Architect Harvey Wiley Corbett, uniquely graduated in tone from deep purple at the base to white at the top, symbolizes "growth," houses more than 1,000 of Professor Roerich's exotic paintings, is dedicated to international culture, world peace. Present at the dedication was the Professor himself and his two apple-cheeked sons. His audience wandered through the museum...
...Council made agreements with these charitable organizations promising to each of them the approximate amounts which they had been collecting by individual soliciting. The Budget drive is made at registration time and it is the only drive for money permitted during the college year. Charities have to apply to the Council for donations and the Council votes on each...