Word: destroyed
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...would seem distinctly undesirable to destroy the privilege of early graduation altogether, but we believe that it should be made considerably more difficult to get a degree in less than the ordinary time. If men were not allowed to anticipate courses or if the requirements for a three-year degree were increased, the unity of Harvard College would be decidedly strengthened...
...pleasing old fashioned note--a story straightforwardly told and getting somewhere without baffling allusiveness or the world-worn ennui of two decades of life on this planet. The plot is a trifle better than the telling, but that fault can be remedied. A slightly cynical ending does not destroy the general simplicity. More ambitious and more difficult is the flight of "Tobias Medetates," the most important effort of this number. It is a venture into negro dialect; the character of Tobias is novel and strong. His doctrine of the "come-back" and his ironical "Yessir" are sure touches...
...find coal upon their hands, and all the evidence points to their having committed the crime during hours of which they remember nothing. Panic-stricken, they proceed to drown their fear in curacoa, which proves very effective. They attempt to murder all the inmates of the house and thus destroy all evidence. Happily they are too intoxicated to carry out their purpose, and they finally discover with infinite joy that the newspaper referring to the crime is over twenty years old. The readers soothe their excited nerves by falling asleep...
...Bartholemew Fair, where the characters have gone for recreation. Cokes is buying toys and ballads, when Edgworth slips up and picks his pocket. Justice Overdo, who is present in disguise, is accused and placed in the stocks. Then the Puritan Busy enters, and, filled with fanatical zeal, tries to destroy the gaily-colored booths. He is also put in the stocks, where he is jointed presently by Waspe out-wits the drunken guards, and during the confusion, Overdo and Busy escape...
...with such an enviable record behind us in hockey, and a team of known ability, we are unwilling to admit that even the elements are strong enough to destroy our chances. May the result of this game augur well for the rest of the intercollegiate series...