Word: chiefs
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...more strictly Harvard part of the number, the chief article is that of M. S. McN. Watts on "The Athletic Situation." This is one more protest against the assumed hostility to intercollegiate games of the special investigating committee. Its argument, like that of most students writing on this topic, is vitiated by assuming that wholesome competition stands or falls with the intercollegiate system. The excessive emphasis here given to the importance of intercollegiate sport in maintaining the influence and reputation of the University seems to the reviewer only another proof of the charge that athletics are viewed by many students...
...plot of the comedy centres about the receipt by the village chief of police of a warrant--"Steckbrief"--calling for the arrest of a spy who is supposed to be hiding in the village. The description of the spy is given in the most general terms, and the ambitious chief of police mistakes every new arrival for the man he is to arrest. Two travelling salesmen and a doctor are held as suspects pending the arrival of the police commissioner, who is summoned from a neighboring town. All three succeed, finally, in proving their innocence, much to the discomfiture...
Strenge, the chief of police, has a sister, a widow, and a pretty niece, both of them looking for suitable husbands. Ripphard, the wealthiest man of the village, who has been courting the widow, transfers his affections to the wealthier and prettier niece, using the power of his money to force her uncle, the chief of police, to consent. Naturally enough the wilful and pretty niece falls in love with one of the three suspects, the widow bestows her affection on another, and a pretty mix-up ensues...
Reports of the various forms of social service work carried on through the Phillips Brooks House Association have been submitted, and a brief resume of the chief activities is given below, including the reports of the committees on entertainment troupes, clothing collections, and social service assignments...
...following men are on the list of speakers: G. S. Rice '70, chief engineer Rapid Transit R. R. Commission, New York; F. W. Dean '75, mill engineer and architect, Boston; J. R. Worcester '82, consulting engineer, Boston; F. L. Gilman '95, Western Electric Co., New York; G. A. Moyer '99, General Electric Co., Lynn; H. M. Hale '04, Rapid Transit R. R. Commission, New York; W. C. Brinton '07, H. P. Forte '07, H. L. Lincoln '07, H. M. Turner...