Word: mountainously
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...Xerxes of Persia who caused a throne to be built for himself on the crest of the mountain overlooking Salamis so that he might enjoy the pageant of his conquest;--but it was a Grecian galley that carried the palm of victory back to the "wooden walls" of the Poloponnesus...
...over-confidence, relaxation, what Theodore Roosevelt called the "slackening of our moral fibre"--that is the thing we must avoid, if we would win games and championships. Whether the issue be territory or touchdowns, it is wiser to fight in the ranks than to watch from the mountain...
1.March, "Manhattan Beach," Sousa 2. Overture, "Maximilian Robespierre," Litolff 3. Waltz, "Waves of the Danube," Ivanovici 4. Fantasia, "I Pagliacci," Leoncavallo 5. Suite, "Peer Gynt," No. 2, Grieg a. Peer Gynt's Home Coming--Stormy Evening on the Coast. b. Solveg's Song. c. Dance of the Mountain King's Daughter. 6. Viola d'Amore Solo--"Spirit of the Woods," Shirley (Mr. Paul Shirley. 7. Aragonaise from "The Cid," Massenet 8. Third Movement (Allegro molto vivace), Tschaikowsky "Pathetic" Symphony.) 9. Selection, "The Fortune Teller," Herbert 10. The Sleigh Ride, Mozart 11. Waltz, "The Skaters," Waldteufel 12. Second Polonaise, Liszt
...twirler. Waters, a former Watertown boy, had won eight straight games before last Saturday, one of them the prediction-breaking defeat of the champion Georgetown nine. But last Saturday his winning streak broke and he bowed to Vermont, a team weak compared to some of his victims. The Green Mountain nine hammered Waters for 11 hits, while Kibbe, the Vermont twirler who struck out 10 University batters, fanned an equal number of Fordham men. Among Waters's victories is a 2-0 whitewashing of Boston College...
Alaska and the Rocky Mountain region have been studied as a specialty by Dr. Atwood, who has written several government reports concerning this territory. As an author he has composed numerous scientific and educational papers and recently had published a geography for use in upper grammar schools...