Word: finality
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...George A. Plimpton, president of the board of trustees, Saturday evening following an all day session of the board. More than 1,000 alumni were present for the one hundred and sixth commencement exercises of Amherst college at the time the announcement was made. President Olds had made his final report earlier in the day and been received at the alumni dinner in a tremendous demonstration of affection, and appreciation of his services to the college...
...individual. Gibbon sat down on a moonlight night after completing his labors of forty years on the Decline and Fall and philosophized on the vanity of human achievement. It is the feeling which comes to the athlete after the objective game, to the ordinary man after the last final examination, and to the Senior in the ultimate anti-climax,--Commencement Week. Viewed as ends in themselves such accomplishments may well be but vanity and vexation of the spirit...
...Cutts '28 or Willard Howard '28 is the pitching probability for Harvard. One of these two twirlers will in all likelihood start the second tilt of the Yale series, and should have an opportunity to display his hurling wares, in a final engagement before the crucial Eli clashes...
...list as announced yesterday is not in its final form and the Committee will hold office hours in Massachusetts 16 during the morning for the rest of this week to make any corrections or additions in the present list. Spread tickets may also still be obtained from the Committee...
...polo ponies are being shipped down to Rye this morning and the University riders will be better mounted there than they have previously been. Preliminary to the opening engagement they will spend several days in final practice...