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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Many preparatory schools can boast of a larger number of men engaged in military training than are taking the military course at Harvard. The time for reasoning is past. Three hundred new registrations before Tuesday will place Harvard above the preparatory school class. Enroll now and preserve the spirit of the Harvard Regiment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 300 MEN | 9/30/1916 | See Source »

That Mr. Alloo was eminently qualified to lead the Orchestra is attested by the success which the Pierian has attained this year. For although at the beginning of the past year the material out of which to build an orchestra was not one to boast of as compared with that of previous years, yet the Pierian developed so consistently that its performance more than equalled that of any past year. The program of modern French and Flemish music given at the Annual Concert in Sanders Theatre was a difficult one for any amateur orchestra to undertake, particularly the symphony...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PIERIAN SODALITY HAS REACHED HIGH STANDARD | 6/9/1916 | See Source »

...determined fight that would not be denied, and the first few times the Yale backs tore through the Tiger line were moments of great surprise to the Princeton rooters. But the biggest surprise of all came in Guernsey's out-punting of Driggs. Before the game Yale could boast of no kicker of more than ordinary ability, while in Driggs Princeton had a punter of exceptional calibre. However, Guernsey consistently out-kicked Driggs and got such height in his kicks that always the line was down on Tibbott, who never had a chance to run back the kicks more than...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: YALE'S REJUVENATED ELEVEN BEAT TIGERS AT OWN GAME | 11/15/1915 | See Source »

Neither eleven can boast a thoroughly veteran line-up. New material is to be seen on each side, and that being the case, the break of the game will undoubtedly rest largely on how well the two teams have been coached. Captain Barrett and Shelton, last year considered by Walter Camp as All-American possibilities, are the greatest stars of the Cornell eleven, while Gillies and Cool have the reputations of linemen of much more than average ability. From Harvard's stand-point, Coach Haughton is sending in the best eleven he has. Enwright is the only man rated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CORNELL ELEVEN WITH IMPRESSIVE EARLY SEASON RECORD FACES UNIVERSITY TEAM THIS AFTERNOON | 10/23/1915 | See Source »

...concrete, and are absolutely fireproof, the floors being stone, and the stairs iron. The total cost of their construction has been estimated at $10,000,000, and the lot on which they are built contains fifty acres. This includes the new athletic fields, which are already in use, and boast one of the best tracks in the country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TECHNOLOGY BUILDINGS ARE NOW STRUCTURALLY COMPLETE | 10/21/1915 | See Source »

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