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...forks; lamps, an inkwell, glasses, clay pipes, tobacco ash; in a word, it is the most indescribable muddle. . . . One's eyes are so blinded by coal and tobacco smoke that it is like walking around in a cave until one becomes accustomed to it and objects begin to loom up through the fog. . . . Sitting down is a dangerous business. One of the chairs has only three legs; and the children are playing at cooking on another one which happens to be whole, and which they offer to the guest; so if you sit down it is at the risk...
With a record of eight wins and three defeats put away, the Jayvees are set on writing off Burdett as one more victory to their credit before the heavy end of the season comes up. Dartmouth, Yale and a loudly-publicized fracas with the Crimson Freshmen loom big to the insecurely lined-up Jayvees...
Kopp's quintet is out to stretch its seven and three record. Dartmouth, Yale, and a much heralded skirmish with the Crimson Freshmen loom close on the schedule, and the Jayvees look to Suffolk as a test of their newly acquired top-condition...
...distinctly unathletic factor-probation--will loom large in shaping events for the hockey team in the tough second half of its schedule. Several much-needed men are already doing their only skating in the direction of academic doom, and if you believe Coach Chase's typically gloomy forebodings, the rest of the team are all due to join them...
Army's bone-crushers loom as a threat to the Varsity's physical well-being if nothing more, while Princeton, Dartmouth, and Yale are all powerful opponents, relying on brains as well as brawn. Return engagements with B.U. and B.C. will provide little let-up between these Ivy League games...