Word: darke
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...that we should give our parting word. Nearly everything seems to have been said; yet we will venture this: A few years ago commencement speakers were telling their audiences of the bright future that awaited them. This year they are either openly admitting that the prospect is dark or are trying to explain why the world has gone wrong. This year few speakers have wished that they were young men just beginning -- they seem on the other hand to be glad that they can so soon step aside...
...photographic competition election is based on the number of pictures published in the fortnightly pictorial supplement and on the work done in the dark room. Men must supply their own cameras, but complete developing and printing equipment is available for use in the Crimson Building...
...even be said that some are drinking to a hurtful extent for no better reason than to "prove that they can get it." Drinking is common at dancing parties where in pre-amendment days it was never thought of. It is offered by boys, in dark corners, to other boys. A larger proportion of hard liquor is in circulation than ever before. Though saloons are no longer open, the enforcement of the law seems to be a little better than a farce, at least in many cities and towns where license prevailed before the amendment went into effect...
...Harvard," it said, "smashed every forecast by its fighting." The final score, Cornell 36 1-5, Dartmouth 35 2-5, Harvard 26 1-5, does not tell the whole story. A large number of the University's points were scored by men who, before the meet were regarded as "dark horses", that is, they did not have any reputation as runners, but had been developed to the point where they were able to score places, under the University coaches. This was one of Coach Bingham's avowed purposes, to develop men who could get the second and third places upon...
...Barry Darcy, the portly uncle and father-in-law, scored with the audience. His frequent references to the great drought, were funny and original, although the subject of his complaint has been fairly well exhausted as a source for stage humor. Miss Dolly Connolly, as Molly, Mr. Darcy's dark-haired niece, took a prominent part in the performance,--contributing to nearly all the singing and dancing. Her acting was magnetic, and the audience was glad to have her on the stage as much as she was. Charles Purcell was well placed in the part of Anthony Stanton, the usual...