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...today on the Varsity A and B teams. The center of the B line was operated upon and Sowell Greeley was brought up and placed in the incision at center. After the signal drill had been completed, the A and B backfields were scrambled together with a seasoning of talent from lower down the scale...
...parts--not since his rather hectic career as proprietor of a book store at 30a Boylston Street, three feet wide and many leagues deep. Then came that fateful day when a sudden visit by the constabulary, who unfortunately seemed to be free from any interest in Bacon's dramatic talent, resulted in the prompt exit of Samuels...
...nosed young man who learned golf on a course built on the site of a Chinese graveyard near Tientsin, where his father was stationed as an Army officer, Lawson Little has given so much time to his game that at 25 he is still a Stanford undergraduate. His salient talent as a golfer is power. Where his game differs from that of most long hitters is that he utilizes the advantage his wood shots give him by superlative iron play and putting...
...quality, may not be increased, may decrease through lack of use. Presumably only the congenital idiot lacks it entirely. Versatile people who do a number of things fairly well are likely to be possessors of much G without pronounced special abilities. Geniuses need both G and an extraordinary special talent, although the amount of G required for music, painting and literature is small. Proficiency in geometry (dealing with space) and in arithmetic (dealing, with numbers) are entirely unrelated except for a common demand on G. Dr. Spearman would not define G exactly, said it might have some connection with...
...master counterpoint or orchestration. To his father, on whom he drew freely for his studies and trips, he wrote: "You would be proud if your son were to make a name and fame for himself thro' the gift he inherited? not of his own doings, but a God given talent." Nevin wrote a flimsy little Narcissus, later called it "nasty" but still thrilled to hear people whistle it in the streets. His most famed work, The Rosary, was written to a mawkish poem by a redoubtable California drinker and poker-player named Robert Cameron Rogers. Though The Rosary sold less...