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...received little attention; due to indifference and lack of organization seatings have seldom remained intact more than a week. The Eliot House plan will help to remove these discouraging handicaps. If crews are coached by one man and able to maintain a reasonable permanence in their personnel, a valuable esprit de corps will appear. The new plan will not only be conducive to better rowing but will also be an essential factor in the House Plan's task of making athletics more agreeable and more easily accessible for all undergraduates...
...Geneva 44 years ago, the son of a Swiss watchmaker, he studied engraving, traveled in Italy, worked in Vienna. A performance of Puccini's La Boheme sent him to Paris to live. In intervals between struggling with advanced architecture he became a factory manager, publisher of L'Esprit Nouveau, and a painter. In 1923 he published his first book. Vers mi Architecture, which denned all his theories, has had an enormous influence on architects all over the world...
...rises as it should throughout the first act, at the end of which the little troupe gives a dinner in some provincial hotel to toast the new young blood and rename the troupe "The Good Companions." The last scene of the act comes off splendidly. There is an authentic esprit-de-corps to this ill-assorted group of broken-down actors and novices, a rather poignant spirit that can be recalled in parallel scenes in "Trelawney of the Wells...
...retiring Head Tutor has guided the formulation of various House activities which have since become an integral part in the life of the House. Largely due to Hammond's suggestions are the tutor's meetings, held weekly, at which matters of House interest are discussed, and a distinct esprit de corps maintained. The house committee is customarily admitted to these meetings...
...permanent home is one of the first essentials necessary to put any college organization on a firm and lasting basis. The esprit-de-corps of any society, college or otherwise, is greatly strengthened by a home which it can call its own. Such a building would not only aid the Council in its work but would be an effective drawing card for new members. It would constitute a club, social as well as useful...