Word: high
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...generous CRIMSON, with its profession of patriotism, has said recently of the Harvard Union for American Neutrality in an editorial entitled "Worse Than Slackers": "Suddenly a new group in opposition to Harvard prepared has arisen. It is called the Harvard Union for American Neutrality, a high-sounding idealistic name which successfully clothes the real spirit of this unfortunate movement...
...Soldiers Field next Wednesday and Thursday: Standish Hall, B. S. Blanchard; Smith Halls, L. B. Evans; Gore Hall, H. B. Davis. The events of the meet will be as follows: 40-yard dash, 45-yard hurdles, four-lap novice race, 7, 12 and 20 lap handicap races, broad jump, high jump, shot put, pole vault and interclass and interdormitory relay races. Blue books for entries are posted in the Freshman dormitories, the Locker Building and Leavitt and Peirce's, and men are to sign up for their respective events as soon as possible...
...back and blandly tell ourselves that we are acting for humanity when we do nothing, that we have been calm, deliberate and judicious, that we avoided creating a scene and did not give an unpleasant exhibition of temper. And in later years we can tell our children what a high-minded and unselfish part we played in the great war, how we held ourselves aloof and reaped many benefits. But could we ever escape the memory of the dead? Try as we would we could never forget them, and with most it would be in the future...
...general, succeeds in conveying just the right degree of appalling sentimentality characteristic of soldiers. Mr. Charles Cherry, as one of the slightly attractive super-cads, Mr. Shaw is so fond of depicting, achieves the best piece of characterization we have ever seen from him. Mr. Edwin Cushman, as the High Church curate, is appropriately preposterous but no more preposterous than people like that are in reality. We should add that Mr. Shaw's sentimental hatred of sentimentality is occasionally a little boring. Altogether it is as fine a production as we are likely to see in this imperfect age. CUTHBERT...
...second day the events will be: 45-yard hurdles, four-lap novice race, seven-lap handicap race, broad jump, high jump and 20-lap handicap race. Captains for the interdormitory teams and the interclass relay will be appointed by the end of next week...