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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Least successful of the "Quartet," "The Kite" indulges in some contrived symbolism to point up the struggle between a mother and wife for a young man's affections. The acting of the mother is exceptionally good but once again the author descends to the maudlin to close his story and good acting is not enough to redeem the plot...
Last year's Student Council spent more money than any other in the College's history. It sliced deep into its reserve fund and left this year's Council dangerously close to being insolvent. When the present group meets all its inherited obligations, it will have only about a thousand dollars; this is one quarter the amount that last year's body was left by its predecessors...
Mark III, a bakelite and steel instrument, is about 30 feet long and fifteen feet wide and weighs close to ten tons. It contains 100 miles of wire, about 4500 vacuum tubes for the electronic operations, 3000 relays, 2500 magnetic heads and play-backs to carry the information to and from the storage drums, and 400,000 solder connections. A staff of about 40 worked on the development and construction of the machine...
Once the game begins, the noise really starts. The head cheer leader has a P.A. system to give instructions to the rooters. Every time the team comes out of the huddle, the rooting section omits a mighty rear. On a close play, everyone stamps his feet, creating thunder before the rear. Cheers are frequent, and one tradition soaked cheer, the venerable "Axe Yell," is reserved all year long for a crucial point in the Big Game. When it finally comes, the whole stands fall into a hush as 7000 rooters boom out the tones of this famous chant. The inspired...
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