Word: benning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Wednesday at 7.30 o'clock in the Living Room of the Union, will be held the first Sophomore Smoker of the year. The program will consist of a speech by Walter Amory, the class president, magic and card tricks by Ansback, the magician, and a Ben Turpin move entitled "Salome versus Shenandoah". Bert Lowe's five piece orchestra will play before the different acts and during the presentation of the movie, Cigarettes and soft drinks will be served. The smoker will be over promptly at 9 o'clock...
...back, 20 184 2 Years Newton High. C. A. Tierney '22, tackle, 27 192 2 Years Boston College H. S. Centre Statistics Name and Position. Age. Wt. Exp. Home Norris Armstrong, back, 22 155 4 Years Fort Smith, Ark. T. G. Bartlett, back, 21 157 1 Year Owensboro, Ky. Ben Cregor, tackle, 21 180 3 Years Springfield, Ky. Royce Flippin, center, 29 162 2 Years Somerset, Ky. M. T. Gordy, tackle, 10 183 1 Year Abbeville, La. J. J. Green, back, 20 130 1 Year Louisville, Ky. W. N. James, end, 21 175 4 Years Fort Worth, Tex. George Jones...
...treated in novels, rarely bears any resemblance to the real thing. Authors either make Cambridge existence seem very "collegiate" or else unbearably intellectual. Rarely does one reach a satisfactory medium. Holworthy Hall has done it; perhaps one or two other, but few achieve a really true picture of Harvard. "Ben Thorpe" by Arthur Crabb (The Century Company), is not primarily a story of Harvard, for the University is brought in only as a phase in the life of the chief character. The college, however, suffers in no way from Mr. Crabb's story. He mentions a few highlights...
...Ben Thorpe is the illegitimate son of a woman of the streets. Chance brings him in the way of an officer of one of the railroads near New York, who adopts him and educates him. From early boyhood Thorpe has disliked women; fortune has thrown him into the hands of the lowest of them. The book is the story of Thorpe's mental and intellectual growth and the gradual weakening of his hate for all women...
...Crabb's style is interesting, his plots is well thought out, but his analytical propensities, mentioned above, have too free rein in "Ben Thorpe". Pschycological discussion detracts from the effectiveness of the novel; it is introduced too clumsily, and, therefore, is a confession of weakness. The author is not quite sure that he has brought about the desired effect through the relation of incident and by dialogue. He feels explanation is necessary. In the novel this is of course permissible, but often ill-advised. Subtler methods are generally more successful...