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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...here a disadvantage to the writer--would, in later life, lose many a man his job. When an instructor runs through a pile of blue-books or a number of weekly themes, their neatness may not receive official notice, yet no matter what the content may be, orderly writing cannot fail to make a favorable impression--with a consequent and deserved increment in grade...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENMANSHIP | 11/28/1916 | See Source »

Yale's triumph over Princeton cannot shake our confidence in a Harvard victory. All Yale teams have looked alike to Haughton; the bigger they are, the harder they fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE YALE GAME. | 11/24/1916 | See Source »

...have had some doubt as to the College authorities' active efforts towards the establishing of the Reserve Officers' Training Corps units at Harvard cannot fail to be reassured after reading President Lowell's communication in today's issue. The entire question is a delicate one to solve, for the War Department in the past has only directed military training in Land Grant Colleges and the system of the new training units is the first attempt to standardize the instruction in independent institutions...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MILITARY SITUATION | 11/23/1916 | See Source »

...star as he is, "Step This Way" cannot escape criticism because of the presence of its principal. An attempt to revive "The Girl Behind the Counter" surely ought to have aimed higher than this production has. Its first failing is in a lack of support, for, with the exception of Sam Dody's dancing and the few songs of Marguerite Farrell, the rest of the work is very mediocre, especially so in contrast with the clever performance of inimitable Lew Fields. Alice Fischer as Mrs. Schniff just misses success, for occasionally she shows a truly comic gleam, but she often...

Author: By F. E. P. jr., | Title: The Theatre in Boston | 11/22/1916 | See Source »

...supreme; they cultivate a cheap loyalty in cheering her on to victory in athletic contests. Yet, if they were asked by a disinterested person why they came here rather than to Colby, or Dartmouth, or New Hampshire State, they would not know. A man, or a boy or twenty cannot answer that mother liked the Crimson color, or father thought it was near home, or sister Susle wanted to see all the big games. Nevertheless, how many times does the presence of a man here hinge on reasons not one whit more sound...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNDERSTANDING PATRIOTISM | 11/16/1916 | See Source »

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