Word: skilling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...excessively famed species of tapestry created in the 16th Century by the Gobelin family and manufactured by the State since the days of Louis XIV. Its production requires such extreme skill and care that the most experienced workman can turn out only a few square feet a year, naturally at a price eclipsing that of all but the most valuable oil paintings. The Gobelins, originally a family of dyers from Reims, were able to purchase patents of nobility through the sale of their tapestries and are not mentioned as artisans later than the 17th Century...
...Pare not only bandaged but healed. As a soldier in the Great War I have experienced on my own body your wise skill. What I have experienced, all the millions of wounded have experienced...
...Harvard men are invited to try their hands at writing humorous sketches, light scenes and music for this review. Since the show is being run on a professional basis, efforts which are successful will be reimbursed. All men in the University who want to try their skill in this direction should sce E. W. Gross '27, in the Dramatic Club Rooms on Mt. Auburn Street between 2 and 3 o'clock today...
...Chapman '27 was awarded the Coolidge prize of $100 for the most skill and initiative in the preparation of a debate. Yale vanquished both Harvard and Princeton last year and the University speakers triumphed over the Tiger debaters...
...Most of the Committee felt that the forward pass was tending to overbalance the game because of the skill of some college teams," was the statement issued to a CRIMSON reporter, by F. W. Moore '93, Harvard's representative on the Committee. "We decided that we needed something to check the overuse of the pass. Football was resolving itself into a game of basketball. The new rule was merely adopted to curb the so-called 'wild' passes which usually feature the end of a close game. It will not effect the use of legitimate forward passing...