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...sudden postponement of the class pictures scheduled for today will bring chagrin to Seniors celebration-bent and no little regret to their Freshman victims. As the picture has been announced for over a week, the intervention of authority at the last minute was unexpected, to say the least. Apprehension lest the Freshmen scuff holes in the granite steps or in their excitement sling their pennies through the plate-glass doors, may have been the difficulty. It was also feared that the strong men of 1921 might try coercive methods in persuading the tight-fisted yearlings to "come across...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PICNIC IN PERIL | 4/29/1921 | See Source »

Orchestra--Carlos Julius Warner '21 of Chagrin Falls...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic Club Elections | 6/2/1920 | See Source »

Owing to the recent activity of the weather man, making it impossible to launch anything but a steamboat on the Charles, the annual hockey battle between the CRIMSON and Lampy has been postponed, much to the chagrin of the thousands who were planning to gather along the river bank this afternoon. Trainer Ibis, B.S. '64, after grilling his men for two weeks at Bertram Hall, Radcliffe, went forth yesterday for a final inspection of the battle ground. One look was enough to cause him to flee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Lampy in Luck | 2/15/1918 | See Source »

These lofty sentiments were greeted with hearty approbation by the bystanders, among whom I saw several of my associates in the peace society. These latter took no pains to conceal their chagrin at finding one of their associates brawling on the street. I was somewhat humiliated myself. And so, while my antagonist drove off in a taxicab, I made my way on foot to my hotel, where I secured a small loan, and so came home. My present purpose is to resign from the peace society and join some group of people interested in justice. S. Hughes. Newport...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Adventures of a Pacifist. | 3/5/1917 | See Source »

...there seems to be no friction between the present coach and the captain; they say that they can foresee no cause whatever for conflict between themselves. It is in order to bring about a final definition of Harvard's crew policy, in order to remove from every captain the chagrin of adverse criticism, and in order to put responsibility where it belongs--on the coach--that the CRIMSON is now seeking a solution of this problem...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COACH, THE CAPTAIN, AND THE CREW. | 4/5/1916 | See Source »

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