Word: heroical
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...crimson "H". The three things which Bobbie particularly liked were Audrey Parker, football, and a much used grimy pipe." Here, gentlemen, is also revealed, though I might let you guess--the eternal triangle. Evidently longevity is promised Audrey as well as football. But such minor errors cannot blot the heroic vigor of the plot structure. That Bobbie did not bother with the freshman team matters very little. Revere artists like Lillian are often careless of detail (Ed. note. This means nothing?) But, as I said of moral turpitude or was it colds--what...
...English 16 at 2 o'clock to hear Mr. Billyer, who has just been recommended as Professor of English to the regents of Trinity for next year. English 16 is his course on the history and principles of English versification, and his lecture this afternoon will be on the heroic couplet. There is doubt in my mind, however, for Professor Whitehead scholar and philosopher from England, is giving one of the King's Chapel lectures at 2.30 o'clock. It will be given in King's Chapel, being the fourth and last of the series on religion. Today's subject...
...towels, or even some coarse-woven wearing apparel. If aromatic spirits of ammonia were handy, they should have mixed one or two tablespoonfuls in four to six ounces of water and let the cloudy mixture trickle over the horse's tongue every 20 minutes. But this is a heroic measure of last recourse...
...take-much more heroism to save life than to take it. ... Unfortunately most of the monuments of the world are to somebody who has killed a lot of his fellow men. . . . I do not expect to create a race of heroes by offering prizes. I know well that the heroic action is impulsive. . . . But I have all along felt that heroes and their dependents should be freed from pecuniary cares resulting from their heroism." Observers noted that no pecuniary cares have devolved upon Edda Mussolini as a result of her heroism. Accordingly she will receive only a medal. The Hero...
...fall of 1890 it was conceded that the condition of our rowing affairs required heroic treatment. The captain of the '91 crew called together the graduates most interested in the matter, and laid before then a propositions by which the services of Mr. Bancroft, Mr. Cook's successful rival from 1877 to 1884, could be secured for three consecutive years, and not only the Varsity, but the Freshman crews were to be under his coaching. Seven out of the nine past crew captains heartily approved of the idea. All the undergraduates and 95 out of every 100 graduates favored...