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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Manuscripts must be clear, typewritten copies, and sent by mail or prepaid express to the Princess Theatre Play Contest, West 39th street, New York City. The award will be made and the manuscripts returned as soon after February 1 as possible, but the Princess Theatre cannot be held responsible for possible loss or damage to any manuscript; authors should keep copies of the plays they submit...
...printing the editorial referred to in Mr. Grew's letter from Berlin, the CRIMSON was attempting to express the interest which certain College men had shown in regard to the Government services. If our belief that employment in them was not permanent was wrong, as it seems to have been, it was only, because that belief was prevalent...
...arise if the members of three classes were wearing buttons--and particularly in the event of less than the whole of any class wearing them--a development which can in no way be insured against--is to be avoided. Class buttons do not create class unity. They can only express that unity if it is already in existence. As a means of identification they lose their claim to existence with each class passing through a year of cohabitation in the first year of its college career. It is not class selfishness on the part of the Seniors but wise reluctance...
...facts that men are anxious to take more English Composition and that it is not to make them great writers but more efficient men in any field that Composition is taught at all. No matter what the sphere of life, the man is abler in proportion as he can express himself more clearly and fluently in his mother tongue. The absence of a course in English. Composition which C men in English A can take during their Sophomore year is a gap which should be filled; let the average man feed upon jam if he likes...
...teas are under the direction of a standing committee composed of certain officers of the University and their wives, who will receive each Friday. It is the express purpose of the committee to make these weekly occasions as informal as possible, and it is hoped that this end may be furthered by having the men from the graduate and undergraduate departments of the University act as ushers and assist in other ways. If the students show clearly that they wish this institution it will be continued and it is hoped that the attendance will justify the efforts of those...