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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spectacles and an immovable upper lip, and by another of a throaty growl in his Sophoclean larynx There was an entire lack, to me, of all moral or personal influences. I look back with a certain pathetic commiseration on myself, unwarmed for the whole four years by a single act or word expressive of interest on the part of those to whom my education was intrusted. And this is literally true. The element of personal influence was entirely lacking. No instructor or officer ever gave me a pat on the shoulder physically, morally, or intellectually...
...platform of the League does not, as some have said, propose 'gratuitous interference in differences between states,' but proposes to prevent hostile acts or was between its members, until resorts has been had to other approved methods of settling by pacific means the international controversies. In order that the rules in accord with which the court may act, shall be clear, provision is also made for conferences to formulate these rules...
...Francais plays will be given at Agassiz House Monday evening at 8 o'clock. Instead of one long play, this year there will be three short pieces, "L'Ecole des Belles-Meres," by Brieux; "L'Intruse," by Maeterlinck; and "Les Deux Sourds," by Moinaux. This first is a one-act comedy, treating the problem of a mother-in-law's position in the household of her married children. "L'Intruse," a mystical drama by Maeterlinck, is a gloomy scene, in which an old blind man seems to be aware by some supernatural power that death is very near his daughter...
President Lowell will present keys to the new members and batons to the marshals at the reception in the Trophy Room. The undergraduate secretary will then read a short sketch of the Society's history. William Roscoe Thayer '81 will act as toastmaster at the dinner in the Territorial Room, which will immediately follow the reception. Several graduate members of the Society will speak...
...colleges in Massachusetts have today organized courses in military science under the supervision of army commissioned officers. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has compulsory drill for freshmen, while upper-class men act as officers in the regiment. Massachusetts Agricultural College has compulsory drill for all undergraduates and several battalions drill in the large gymnasium all winter...