Word: third
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...that the lines are on the gravestone of Susy Clemens, daughter of Mark Twain, that they were written by Australian Poet Robert Richardson, that when Mr. Clemens learned that the lines were attributable to him he ordered Poet Richardson's name inscribed beneath them. On the gravestone the third line reads: "Warm southern wind," although in the original poem it read: "Warm northern wind." In the Antipodes the north wind is balmiest...
...near Wenatchee, Wash, one day last week when on a narrow road his automobile confronted another from the opposite direction. He stopped as the other car, unable to pass, ran into a bank. Two youngsters jumped out of it, fled up into the bushes. Behind them came speeding a third machine out of which jumped two more men with revolvers. Senator Jones in open-mouthed wonder, watched them also disappear into the bushes, heard shots. Soon they emerged with the runaways, one of whom was wounded. Senator Jones was speechless with amazement when congratulated for having assisted in the capture...
Today for the third time in as many autumns the West Point Corps, 1200 grey-clad men, will march into the Stadium. The presence of America's future officers, if only for an afternoon, should serve a purpose, totally distinct from any display of well-drilled soldiers in time to martial music. Their quiet appearance is an excellent antidote to the ranting extremists so common in this country. The pacifist, alarmed at the rattle of sabres, and the jingoistic militarist, suffering under an acute attack of super-patriotism, both fade rather ridiculously into an obscure wave of asinine jabbering...
...Crimson made 13 trips to the banks of the Hudson to play the Cadets. A few bits from the newspaper accounts of the games give some interesting sidelights on the football of the nineties. In the game in 1898 Harvard won a 28 to 0 victory, its third in succession over West Point, and a certain sports writer said that E. Kendall was the best all around back for Harvard because he was "heavy on his feet and easily threw off most of the men who attempted to tackle him." It is hard to imagine any of the star backs...
Thirty-two of the 56 candidates competing for positions on the debating squad in the first two trials have been retained, it was announced yesterday by E. M. Rowe 3L, Debating Council Coach. A third trial will be held at the Harvard Union from 3 to 6 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, with candidates speaking on either side of a proposition chosen by them. The squad will then...