Word: free
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years between divide the Senior from the Freshman like a grand canyon, sometimes. Until a day or two ago we didn't realize how ripe and mellow, free from care and worry, three years and odd months at Harvard can make a fellow. With our thesis half completed and a ticket on the Monarch of Bermuda in the drawer, life was nothing but a brave new world of dreams. Yet suddenly a tale of horror struck a note of tragedy into our symphony of pleasure, stark tragedy crashed mightily about our cars...
There is nothing obscure about the theme, which is the masterly study by Dumas fils of a young girl who leaves the country for Paris, comes to love luxury and beautiful surroundings, and resorts willingly to free love as a means of achieving them. After the manner of Manon Lescaut, she sees no object in marriage even after Armand captures her heart and they spend an idyllic summer in the country at the expense of his chances to obtain a diplomatic position...
...first event, the 50-yard free style, Richard W. Tregaskis '33 of Winthrop swam away from the Eliot sprinters to make a new House record. Gilbert J. Bettmann '39 of the Elephants countered in the 50-yard breast stroke by creating another House record and setting his team on the road to success...
...There are several reasons why every qualified Freshman should enter the CRIMSON competition. It is free, open to all, wholesome and stimulating. It gives every candidate a chance to measure himself against others and arouses dormant forces. It gives the winners profit after the competition and gives everyone pleasure while the struggle is on. It is especially valuable to those who wish to discover whether they have any particular aptitude for journalistic or other writing...
...wrote in future was to be submitted not to the regular censor, but directly to the Tsar. What Pushkin did not understand was that the Tsar thought him too potentially useful to be imprisoned, too dangerous not to be watched. But until he discovered that he was not really free, Pushkin was overjoyed, dove into his old gay life with more zest than ever. He even got permission to visit St. Petersburg, gambled away 17,000 rubles in two months...