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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...figures are in mediaeval Italian dress, standing in a meadow, each holding a book. The figure on the left, in profile wears a grey gown over a red robe, and a red cap; he is apparently about to be crowned by a small winged genius. The figure on the right, standing three-quarters towards the front, wears a blue gown with red cuffs, red shoes, and a red hood. On his head, over the hood, is a laurel wreath. The portrait has a reddish gold background...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PICTUE OF DANTE ONN EXHIBITIONN | 10/13/1921 | See Source »

...that they are back grey felt hats and all, what next? Would it be too much to suggest that they include a few concerts in Cambridge on their season's program? Last year students had an opportunity to hear them sing once in the Union. It they were prompt enough in securing tickets they could have attended the concert in Symphony Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE GLEE CLUB | 9/27/1921 | See Source »

...matter of tradition, the conscientious query is annually posed by the Crimson: "For what occult reason are the unfortunate inhabitants of the Yard forcibly reminded each morning, by the frenzied exultation of the bell on Harvard Hall, that the cold grey hour of seven is at hand?" As a matter of tradition too, the answer has been forthcoming "Nobody knows, and nobody seems to care--" except the long suffering Seniors who are fated to sleep, or rather to try to sleep, in the immediate vicinity of the clamor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PREMATURE ALARM | 2/26/1921 | See Source »

...decision for the final argument in the Ames Competition held annually in the Harvard Law School, was given recently to the Scott Club, arguing against the Ames Grey Club. The winners, represented by W. E. McCurdy '16 and R. T. Catterall '18, will receive the first prize of $200, and the runners-up, represented by Edwin Pillsbury and R. T. Bushnell '19, will receive the second prize...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ames Competition Decided | 2/8/1921 | See Source »

Next in order of merit we would select "The Blue and the Grey," a story of the Civil War. That familiar piece of fiction which has for its theme the young southern officer, carrying despatches amid impossible difficulties, the Battle of Gettysburg and the tiresome elaboration about the relative positions of the opposing forces, is here, held up to a heavy barrage of ridicule. This sarcasm in turn is directed against the detective story of today in "Who do You Thing Did It? or The Mixed-Up Murder Mystery"--only the final outcome is not in accordance with the usual...

Author: By H. S. V., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF --- LETTERS OF WILLIAM JAMES | 12/18/1920 | See Source »

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