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This is a direct appeal to our sense of humanity on a scale that has never been known before. No one can be deaf to it, least of all Harvard men, who have never been slack when such a call has come. Nearly ten thousand of them heard the voice of Duty and Patriotism and served in the Great War. The undergraduates and other students now may be counted upon to do their utmost. Harvard men do not allow little children to die of hunger, and whenever there has been a great cause, whether of Patriotism or of Humanity, Harvard...
According to a recent article in the Yale News, Yale appears to be taking positive steps forward toward collegiate polo. Already she has scheduled the West Point Cadet Polo team, which has shown up well during the past year, and the New York National Guard Cavalry team. A great deaf should be expected of Yale for making some progress in this direction as her facilities are practically complete. She should have few or no handicaps of any considerable importance as her local facilities were made before the war when they little realized when they would eventually be put to such...
...capitalistic plot, while capital begs for some stabilization in the labor situation. To glance at a front page of a newspaper one would think that the business world had collapsed into chaos. Pessimists are easy to find, as well as ready listeners for them; the few optimists talk to deaf ears...
Owing to an acute attack of rheumatism, Miss Helen Keller, the famous blind, deaf and formerly mute woman, was unable to appear at the opening performance at Keith's, and so the U. S. Jazz Band, which has just completed a successful tour of the Pacific Coast, became the headliner. Miss Keller will be back on the stage as soon as her health pormits, but in her absence the rolicking, catchy strains of the Jazz Band will prove a stellar attraction...
...Gallaudet College, Washington, D. C., the only institution for the higher education of the deaf in the world, has sent out a call for teachers. The college conducts a normal school for young men and women who plan to go into the work of teaching the deaf, and positions in this class are open for next year. These fellowships, as they are called, include board, room, laundry, tuition, and a cash compensation varying from $300 to $600, according to the amount of teaching done by the fellow. At the end of the new school year, there will be a number...