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Columbia was one of the first universities to make the final decision. Among the important events cancelled by this action was the annual Poughkeepsie regatta which was called off after a telegraphic vote by the Intercollegiate Rowing Association. Invitations had been issued to Princeton, Syracuse, California and Wisconsin to compete with the charter members of the association. Columbia, Cornell and Pennsylvania; but the members of the Columbia crew were all enrolled in the Reserve Officers' Training Corps at that university...
...years would hardly give them credit for even an ounce of real dramatic ability, no matter how prejudiced he was because of their physical charm. But they prove the mistake of such an opinion in their work of osculation and keeping certain men guessing. Surely such things rank high among feminine arts. And when the Dolly Sisters dance, the last word has been said in Terpsichorean accomplishments. "Oh, how they dance." Yes, the old and rheumatic must admit that a trip to Ye Wilbur is now worth while...
...supporting members of the cast are well selected, although there is a marked tendency to overact among them. This is especially true of Mr. John Weatley as Joe Damorel and Miss Jessie Ralph as Sloan. The former does a fine bit of acting in pacing up and down before the boudoir door with no companion but a cigarette; he needs no lines at this time, he needs no lines at this time, he thoroughly acts his feelings. Miss Ralph missed a good opportunity to score high with the audience in not keeping her maid humor more subdued. Miss Lucile Watson...
...European war, enlisting not long after the outbreak of the struggle and spending six months of the fall and winter of 1914-15 in training at Aldershot with the raw material from which Lord Kitchener formed the "first hundred thousand." His regiment, the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, was among the first sent to the front, and with others composed the first army sent to France by England, known as "the first hundred thousand" and also "K 1" and "Kitchener's Mob." Captain Beith has had a brilliant record as a soldier and has been frequently mentioned in the army reports...
...Emmanuel Chapman Memorial Fellowship is a fitting testimonial to the unselfish generosity which inspired him who gave all that he had to help in the service of France. Monuments of bronze or stone are at best only transient. But through such a memorial as this the name of one among the many members of the University who have died either fighting or working for another country as loyally as they would for their own will be made permanent...