Word: counters
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...young and growing West in regard to Harvard's devotion to the rickety old dormitories of a former century. The comical irritation which he shares with other Westerners over the "affectations" of our Eastern speech might have also been tempered had he but stopped to consider the counter irritation which an occasional raucousness of the Western voice often produces upon more fastidious Eastern ears...
...What influence, what authority, would desire the suppression of such a volume where the policy of the British government is made unfavorable by comparison and counter-checking, than that government itself...
...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...
...technical knowledge. After stressing at first march discipline,-such as cadence, and prevention of straggling, the Regiment plans to devote the later hikes to the more complex points. On the second Sunday an advance and rear guard will be formed; and later reconnoitering parties will deliver attacks and counter-attacks, the placement of troops being governed by the individual situation. To be qualified to take part in the interesting and complicated maneuvers, men will have to master the fundamental principles of march discipline, and for this reason attendance at next Sunday's hike will be an asset...
...delegation, made a vigorous speech denouncing the "militarization" of our colleges, as shown by the formation of the Yale Battery and the Harvard Regiment. At his suggestion, a committee, of which he is chairman, was appointed to investigate the extent of "militarism in our colleges," and to launch a counter campaign. An informal vote showed an almost unanimous sentiment among the delegates against military training in the colleges of the country...