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audience sadly thinned by a freak error, Lillian Hellman continued series of anecdotal reminisence at Loeb yesterday. She commented on observing that since success is at best "glancing kisses," so should be viewed as "glancing...
Because of a freak in the House rules, Leverett very nearly won yesterday's meet. At the start of the 200 yard freestyle, the last event, Leverett trailed 25-18. If they had won the relay, worth seven points, they would have tied the score. But the rules state that in the event of a tie, the team winning the 200 freestyle relay also wins the meet...
...despite the fame "Doe" and his singers acquired, he continued to maintain that "we look on the Glee Club not primarily as an artistic organization doing an unusual stunt, but as an educational movement." The freak value of the Glee Club naturally did not last long, and by 1926 it was singing to a half-empty Symphony Hall. But it was still contributing just as much to the revival of choral singing, setting an example to the many college Glee Clubs that discarded their mandolins and took up Palestrina, Bach and Vaughn Williams...
...players in the tournament both of whom showed definite ability. Nevertheless, the true demonstration of squash power in New York was accomplished by Yale which put four men into the eight-contestant quarter-final bracket. With this sort of superiority, Yale will be hard to defeat this year, unless freak injuries remove most of the top nine players or the Crimson continues the improvement it has shown thus for this year...
...Porter critics, especially among businessmen who profess not to read her, apparently hold the view of Britain's renowned 18th century lexicographer and epigrammatist, Dr. Samuel Johnson, who felt that women ought to know better than to invade a male province and could only succeed there as a freak. "Sir," said Johnson, "a woman preaching is like a dog's walking on his hind legs. It is not done well, but you are surprised to find it done...