Word: factly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...matter how the creators of cultured men feel about it, the fact remains that very few students meet those ancient authors of whose distant fame they have heard since their Gore Hall period, until the melancholy days of Divisionals are near. So the Vagabond was pleasantly surprised to learn that Sophocles' tragedy Electra was being presented at Eliot Hall, Jamaica Plain. There he found the ancient drama excellently played against a background of temple and poplars, with a cast directed by a former member of the 47 Workshop. With the altruistic spirit typical of better-class Vagabonds, he sought information...
...would come in late and strewing his clothes all over the room would thus make it impossible for his roommates to overlook the fact that he had been to a party. When he arose at noon he would regale them with wondrous tales of his experiences. But he never could understand his roommates,--that was the one smirch on his college life...
Thus for four years Peter lived. He came to know everyone of importance, and as an usher at dances found his name in the papers more often than that of the football captain. This was partly due to the fact that he looked harder for his name. But this, kiddies, is not a tale with a moral. Peter did graduate; and at Commencement as he looked about him and saw the worn and haggard expressions of those men who had worked hard, or who were in posts of importance he laughed; imagine having done all that work when you could...
...American machine. This is, however, twice the speed with which one can print Chinese by hand. Furthermore, it is a greater speed than one thinks, because most Chinese words consist of only one or two characters, whereas English words consist of many more. Mr. Chiu in illustrating this fact said that 'Harvard' is represented in Chinese by two characters. The word is formed by transliteration, and curiously enough the translation of the characters is "laughing Buddha...
...fact that the entire production was made in the autumn, many attractive scenes such as the crews rowing on the Charles, the New London races, the Yale baseball game, and Commencement Day have been omitted, but it is hoped that these additions may be made before another year...