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...birth rolls round ( 1634 years hence) most Anglo-Saxons may have all but forgotten him, though Germans will surely stage tremendous demonstrations for "Unser Shakespeare."† But Italy does not have to wait to celebrate the 2,000th birthday of her bard. From toe to top of the boot-shaped Peninsula, last week, prefects of provinces and podestas (mayors) proclaimed the beginning of "six months of tribute" to Virgil...
Interesting in the light of recent anti-prohibition furor is the report of dry campaigning in the University of Michigan. This year, at least, the success of Ann Arbor's gargantuan and perennial Prom will not depend upon the quality of the neighborhood boot-legger, for when the long expected day arrives, College watchmen reinforced by local police will guard the dark corners where erring stags were won't to drink their fill. It is said that none but the brave deserve the fair and brave indeed will be the undergraduate who under threat of expulsion finds means whereby...
Voice, fiddle, and flute, no longer be mute, I'll lend ye my name and inspire ye to boot...
...played in too close. Racehorse Russell Saunders twitched the ball to Edelson for one score, Arbelbide fell on a fumble that brought in another. Wild Pitt plunges and passes in the second half made a score, but the big Trojan line was charging properly, Duffield's boot lifting the ball as though it were full of gas and Racehorse Russell's cleats cutting turf. Southern California 47, Pittsburgh 14 was the most decisive beating that a loser has ever taken in the Tournament of Roses...
...Yale's fourth down on Harvard's 17-yard line when Albie Booth, still limping slightly from a muscle bruise, ran out from the bench. The wild crowd quieted ?would he run or kick? When Douglas blocked a low wavering boot that got nowhere, Mays' and Devens' juggernaut spurts made a Harvard touchdown possible. Then Douglas blocked another of Booth's kicks and Barry Wood slanted over a field goal. Once Booth nearly got away but Bill Ticknor pulled him down by the back of his sweater. Harvard 10, Yale 6. Unhappy sequel: Victor Harding Jr., of Hubbard Woods...