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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard Statistics Name and Position,Age. Wt. Exp. Prep. School. Standish Bradford '24, center, 20 172 1 Year Groton. W. G. Brosber ocC., guard, 21 206 2 Years Mechanics Art. J. F. Brown '22, guard, 21 207 2 Years Andover. C. C. Buell '23, quarterback, 21 156 2 Years Pomfret. Vinton Chapin '23, back, 21 165 2 Years St. Mark's. H. W. Clark '23, center, 32 167 1 Years Exeter. John Crosher '23, end, 22 180 2 Years Groton. R. W. Fitts '23, end, 20 180 2 Years Tufts. E. L. Gehrke '24, back, 22 182 1 Year Cleveland...
...this practical age, we are much inclined to regard good citizenship simply as an active participation in the life of the world as it is--the ability to fit into the general scheme and contribute to the common causes. Efficiency is the pass word, and Intelligence the be-all and end-all, in this conception. This end is obviously worthy, but it is imperfect; mere intelligence is not as great as intellect, and efficiency in itself is not progress. True citizenship in something more than being a "success" in the eyes of what is called the World. It is rather...
...people in the audience Thursday night had ever heard of Mr. Nyiregyhazi before. Few will ever forget him. They did not know he was a Hungarian of only eighteen years of age. His playing of Liszt's pyrotechnic concerto was superb, and he surpassed both previous performances in Boston. His technique was flawless; his control of tone in the more sentimental passages was in excellent taste. Fortunately "Sadko" had sufficiently aroused a decidedly frigid audience to give him the warm applause he merited...
...States or one of its possessions, must at the time of applying be a graduate of a college of recognized standing, or of a professional school requiring three years of study for a degree, or if not qualified in either of these ways, must be twenty-four years of age and must have spent five years in work requiring technical skill. In addition he must have a practical ability to use French books, both in general subjects and in other special fields...
What may be called modern fiction is apparently under the ban at Widener. "Alice Adams", "Main Street" and "The Age of Innocence" have slipped in, but "Moon Calf", "Zell" and "Miss Lulu Bett" are not on the shelves. Joseph Hergesheimer's books have a place, but only since last year; while James Branch Cabell has but a single volume listed under his name in the catalogue. And there is hope, we are told, for "Erik Dorn" and "If Winter Comes...