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...mass meeting held last week and also at the game Saturday the Harvard singing was disappointing. It lacked snap and spirit. That few knew the words of the old songs tried was shown by the failure to begin at the proper time and the tendency to hum rather than pronounce the words. If the singing is to be at all satisfactory, these defects must be remedied and this can be done only by practice. To learn the words of the old songs would not require an extraordinary mental exertion and would make the concerted singing much more effective. Furthermore...
...Harvard fencing team got sixth place in the annual intercollegiate championship tournament held in the Hotel Astor, New York, Friday and Saturday. Cornell won the championship with 35 bouts to her credit, defeating West Point by one bout. W. Hum '11 and J.A. MacLaughlin '11 each won five bouts and G.B. Wilbur '12 won two making Harvard's total 12. Individual honors were also won by Cornell. D.C. Roes winning 14 out of the 15 matches which he entered. He was tied with M.W. Lorimer of Annapolis and won in the fence...
...contractor and builder, R. M. Middlemass '09Joseph, son of Haw, J. P. S. Harrison '09Googoo, a private detective, A. P. Loring, Jr., '09Abdullah, Grand Vizier of Egypt, H. W. H. Powel, Jr., '09Bung, a perfect man-servant, W. G. Roelker, Jr., '09Habbadash, a prophet without honor, F. Schenck '09Ho-Hum-Hoo, a slave, H. B. Barton '09Cheest, a workman, C. L. Lanigan '10Foreman at the works, K. S. Cate '09Peleg, an architect, G. deC. May '09Reuben, a secretary, G. Lewis, Jr., '09Semiramis, Queen of Egypt, R. H. Hutchinson '10Ruth, daughter of Hem, F. M. Blagden '09Hester, an unappreciated maiden...
...contractor and builder, R. M. Middlemass '09Joseph, son of Haw, J. P. S. Harrison '09Googoo, a private detective, A. P. Loring, Jr., '09Abdullah, Grand Vizier of Egypt, H. W. H. Powel, Jr., '09Bung, a perfect man-servant, W. G. Roelker, Jr., '09Habbadash, a prophet without honor, F. Schenck '09Ho-Hum-Hoo, a slave, H. B. Barton '09Cheest, a workman, C. L. Lanigan '10Foreman at the works, K. S. Cate '09Peleg, an architect, G. deC. May '09Reuben, a secretary, G. Lewis, Jr., '09Semiramis, Queen of Egypt, R. H. Hutchinson '10Ruth, daughter of Hem, F. M. Blagden '09Hester, an unappreciated maiden...
...contractor and builder, R. M. Middlemass '09Joseph, son of Haw, J. P. S. Harrison '09Googoo, a private detective, A. P. Loring, Jr., '09Abdullah, Grand Vizier of Egypt, H. W. H. Powel, Jr., '09Bung, a perfect man-servant, W. G. Roelker, Jr., '09Habbadash, a prophet without honor, F. Schenck '09Ho-Hum-Hoo, a slave, H. B. Barton '09Cheest, a workman, C. L. Lanigan '10Foreman at the works, K. S. Cate '09Peleg, an architect, G. deC. May '09Reuben, a secretary, G. Lewis, Jr., '09Semiramis, Queen of Egypt, R. H. Hutchinson '10Ruth, daughter of Hem, F. M. Blagden '09Hester, an unappreciated maiden...