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...Freshman hockey game against Newton High School scheduled for last Saturday was called off on account of warm weather and melting ice. Continued warm weather during the present week will seriously hamper the work of the yearlings, who beside a game against St. Mark's on Wednesday was scheduled to meet the Yale yearlings in the Arena on Saturday. Coach Lombard had a winning combination on the ice against Milton last Wednesday but has been able to give his men only one day of work since then...
There is a possibility that, taking advantage of the Democratic majority in the House and the powerful minority in the Senate, Congress will force through bills which may hamper the coming administration in carrying out to the fullest extent its program. Such a course, after the unmistakable voice of the elections, could only be followed through stubbornness and petty vexation; it seems unlikely that this will be the case. Vice versa, Congress, feeling that everything Democratic is to be shunned, may reject many helpful suggestions merely because they are originated by the losing party, thus handicapping itself and the country...
...Mantell's support is unusually talented. The beauty and charming simplicity of Miss Hamper are no less delightful than the restraint and delicacy of her acting. For a repertory company, the scenery, too, is extraordinary, both for its freshness and the artistic conception of the settings...
...propose to wash our hands of the whole affair, at the same time compelling Germany to confirm her obligations to us. Secondly, in default of this confirmation by Germany, we propose to prohibit commercial intercourse with Germany, thus submitting her to a blockade which will stifle her industries, hamper the performance of her obligations to bur allies, and breed anarchy where stability is of all things o be desired. Thirdly, Congress, by imposing terms on Germany, proposed virtually to negotiate a treaty of peace, which power, under the Constitution, is delegated to the President, with the advice and consent...
Lastly, the proposed resolution, if passed could not but further befuddle our already sadly confused international relations, and hamper a genuine and clearcut popular expression on the Treaty issue, by the people of the United States...