Word: maye
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...effort on the part of Captain Reid's team would not be appreciated in a quiet manner by the present-day undergraduates. On paper the die is cast against Harvard; on the cinders, in the shot, discuss and hammer circles and in the jumping and vaulting pits the story may be something else again. Everlasting enthusiasm and spirit has been crowned by success in the past...
...green each year in the kindly air of Harvard none is more strange than that curious one--the Commencement part. The custom of having a few of the leaders in the graduating class address the Commencement gathering on almost any subject, from What is Wrong with the World to May Four Years in College, is an ancient one, and used to bring out enthusiastic competition for the honor. But for the past few years there has been a reluctance of Seniors to say any more in the Commencement ceremonies than is necessary, and the invitations to the rostrum have brought...
...more confusing job for a conscientious correspondent than to be in Boston covering Harvard University. Perfectly reliable news stories emanate from its classic shades one day only to be denied the next. There was no reason the news given out by officials of the Harvard Athletic Association on May 3 should not have been printed tanent the raising of a ten million dollar athletic funds but on the following day President Lowell, after what was probably a frantic conference with the Overseers, Trustees and the heads of Lee Higginson (perhaps a redundant grouping) hotly denied that there was any truth...
...only means of keeping filthy literature from invasion of a certain district. The local watch and ward society bring the matter to the attention of police, who, after due deliberation, decide on the merits of the case. But now, silently, without amendment, national prohibition has arrived. Perhaps a law may follow, declaring a book legitimate of which not more than one half of one per cent, by pages, may be classed as filthy or obscene...
...Haven, Conn., May 22--The Yale track team is favored to win Saturday's meet, the margin of victory being based upon the Blue team's superiority in the field events, according to forecasts made here tonight...