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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is no cartoon of what the Freshman does with his Christmas presents. There is no facetious time schedule of the cotillon snake, home from college for three and a fractional days. There is no stinging editorial against the Faculty because it still rations the University with a ten-day instead of a two-weeks' recess. There is no paragraph on the troubles of Christmas shopping in Boston...
...paintings and pencil illustrations Mr. Pennell has won distinction at home and abroad. He received the Grand Prix at the St. Louis Exposition, 1905; at Milan, 1906; at Barcelona, 1907; and at Brussels, 1910, in addition to numerous other honors conferred upon him in recognition of his artistic attainments. As a writer he is known chiefly by his articles contributed to a number of leading magazines...
...past. A field of historical research undamaged by shell-fire and mines has been opened up. Through an easy approach and a ready withdrawal it has been made possible to seize the Holy city in its integrity. Unlike Rheims and other centres of mediaeval Christianity, the very home of our religion has escaped destruction. Whether the refusal of the Turks to hold this place was due to military weakness or to respect for the city, the British have gained with facility what has long been fought for. As they have been successful against the Moslems in the last few campaigns...
...examinations for students leaving College to enter military service will be held from December 18, to December 24, instead of from December 26 to January 2, as previously announced. Every effort is being made, moreover, to allow students living at a distance to leave Cambridge in time to be home on Christmas Day, although such an action is not certain and the details have not yet bee n arranged...
...most of us who have stayed at home, the burdens of a great war have rested easily. While others are offering life for a cause, the extent of our privations has been the absence of sugar from the breakfast cereal. An opportunity to feel this war, to aid in the alleviation of suffering that it entails should be a welcome one. Such an opportunity is at hand. Today the University is sending its contribution into Nova Scotia to clothe the victims of a disaster that has brought grief to thousands. That contribution must be worthy of the traditions of Harvard...