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...interior is fortunately a distinct improvement. Most of the rooms are comfortable and large enough; the Common Rooms (there are two) are small but dignified. The Dining Room is too large and elaborate for daily use. It is graced by the Sargent portrait of Eliot, and by the Agassiz Inter-House Crew Cup. The Library, which is an admirable selection in a handsome and comfortable room, is probably the most distinctive feature of Eliot. Yet to the consternation of all it was discovered at the end of several months that it contained no biography of President Eliot...
...solitary attempt at the popular sport of tradition-concocting was in connection with the Agassiz Cup. A "tradition" of Eliot House supremacy was solemnly proclaimed by the Master, in spite of the fact that the cup has not yet been raced for. But the crew seems to have enthusiasm as well as a brand-new coach, so that the venerable Lowell-Dunster rivalry is likely to be invaded by a brash newcomer...
...presentation of "Lilies of the Field," John Hastings Turner's comedy, by the Radcliffe Idlers at Agassiz Hall, is unusual among amateur performances in that the play was distinctly less interesting than the acting. Such at least was the verdict of the CRIMSON critic, who saw little to his taste in the coy tale of two Campfire girls (more or less) adventuring in dear old London. The acting of the Idler comediennes, and their Radcliffe colleagues, though marked by the common defeats of amateur theatrics, possessed enough freshness and spontaneity to lift the performances above the average of its kind...
Opening its thirty-second annual meeting this afternoon at 4 o'clock in Agassiz House, the New England Association of Teachers, in collaboration with the Harvard Teachers Association, will discuss "The Supervision of English." Professor J. J. Mahoney '03, of Boston University will act as chairman of the conference...
...first conference, held with the cooperation of the New England Association of Teachers of English, will begin at 4 o'clock on Friday, March 11, in Agassiz House, Radcliffe. The presiding officer is Professor J. J. Mahoney '03, of Boston University. The subject of the English conference is "The Supervision of English". Professor Charles Swain Thomas '98, associate professor of education, who arranged the program, will give a prefatory word. Following the conference there will be an informal dinner at the Commander Hotel, Cambridge, at 6.15 o'clock. The speakers will be Mr. E. W. Weeks, of the Atlantic Monthly...