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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...acting of Miss Victor as the heroine was very fine indeed. She showed understanding, sureness, and a remarkable ability to obtain her effects by simple, unstressed means. This, together with her beauty, charm, and grace, placed her Mildred as one of the best pieces of acting of the theatrical year. Mr. Vekey succeeded in building up a wholly consistent and real figure, second only to Miss Victor's, while Mr. Mack brought to Asano unusual comprehension and ability in a difficult role. Mr. Lowe was quietly sincere, and Miss Martin was more than acceptable. The father was sadly over-played...
...advising you men desiring to do naval work as to the course that you should follow in the present emergency, I should say that the best thing to do is to enter the Naval Reserve with the intention of performing such work as the authorities may think suitable for each man according to his individual qualifications as an engineer, a navigator, a wireless operator, etc. He may be assigned to a patrol boat squadron, to deep-sea work, to foreign service or service in this country...
...Signal Enlisted Reserve Corps is one of the best branches of the service for men to enter, for in rank it stands next to the Engineer Corps, and its work is most necessary to the nation in time of war. The requirements for commissions in this reserve are very high, but the only requirements for the noncommissioned ranks are that the applicant be a citizen of the United States between the age of 18 and 45 years. When the army is fighting the field battalion works at the absolute front and maintains communication with every unit, post, and detachment...
...play was awarded last fall the prize of $500 offered annually by Mr. John Craig. It is the sixth play to be produced under Mr. Craig's offer to stage the best play submitted each year by members of Professor Baker's course in dramatic composition...
...present arms and form fours, or even to dig trenches and shoot accurately. As Dr. Sargent points out, if men are to serve and not handicap the army, they must be physically fit to stand up under the strain of first-line service; and participation in athletics is the best way to keep fit. The case of those physically unfit to serve--75 percent. of the student body, says Dr. Sargent--is even more serious. However, it is not too late to mend, and Harvard may well take Dr. Sargent's message to heart...