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From its small beginnings, the Club has grown tremendously. By the turn of the century, there were 1,410 members; by the First World War, 4,589; and at the heighth of the depression in 1931, 6,444. Since then, this number has fluctuated little except during the War, but the character of the membership has switched. Whereas more than two-thirds of the members in 1900 were residents of the City, more than half today...

Author: By Paul H. Plotz, | Title: Harvard Club of New York: Social Focus for the Locals | 1/8/1957 | See Source »

...pathetic farce. Shakespeare tells how Cleopatra finally withdrew her 60 galleys from the action and fled in her sumptuous royal barge, whereupon She once being loof'd, the noble ruin of her magic, Antony, claps on liis sea-wing, and (like a doting mallard) leaving the fight in heighth, flies after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World War: AT SEA: Battle of the Mediterranean | 2/17/1941 | See Source »

...sketch must be worked out in two simple colors, and its size as it will appear on the program will be about four inches in heighth and three inches in width. Drawings may be of any size as long as they are in these general proportions, and can be reduced to the above size...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WANT MORE DESIGNS FOR JUNIOR DANCE PROGRAM | 1/5/1923 | See Source »

...coaches drawing enormous salaries, nor advertising campaigns to attract crowds of thousands. We simply desire to play in a contest with teams which are like our own. Baseball and possibly track could be dragged out along informal lines, but to try to have an informal crew would be the heighth of absurdity. Two facts argue strongly for intercollegiate games. The first is that the President of the United States and the leading men of the War Department advocate them. Second, the colleges which have maintained an intercollegiate system have not shown that their patriotic fervor or their interest in their...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE ATHLETIC SITUATION | 2/1/1918 | See Source »

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