Word: strides
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...spirit of the state infuse Sculptor Lee Lawrie's decorations. There are bison in bas-relief with inscriptions translated from Indian ritual. The maize plant replaces the classical acanthus. There are friezes of pioneers and covered wagons and on the pinnacle of the tower will shortly stride the colossal image of a sower. In addition to this local legend are figures and inscriptions symbolizing great government. From various corners, growing architecturally out of the walls, the austere faces of great lawgivers survey the prairies-Hammurabi, Moses, Pharaoh, Solon, Solomon, the Caesars, Charlemagne, Napoleon. No carven motto is more obvious...
Costly errors at critical times were chiefly responsible for the second baseball team's 9 to 7 defeat at the hands of the Tufts Freshman nine in the opening game of the second team season on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon. The Harvard team did not hit its stride until after the sixth inning, but its seven run rally at this time was not sufficient to overcome the commanding lead held by the visitors. Save for a disastrous fifth inning, the Tufts hits were kept well scattered throughout the game...
After calling off the Georgetown game, the Crimson forces resumed their winning stride by defeating Catholic University 9 to 3. The Washingtonians were unable to solve the offerings of E. A. Colpak '29, while the Harvard batters, led by J. A. Prior '29 with five safeties out of as many trips to the plate, were piling up a substantial lead...
General John Joseph Pershing, changed by Time and the War from hardboiled brigadier to dapper boulevardier, stepped with his crisp cock-robin stride from the Place de la Concorde into the ornate lobby of the Hotel Crillon. An excited reporter from the Paris Herald rushed...
Harvard took an early lead, largely due to the excellent playing of its captain, F. A. Clark '29. For several chukkers the contest continued on even keel, but in the last two periods the N. Y. A. C. trio hit its stride and succeeded in overcoming the small Crimson advantage...