Word: mightly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...undergraduate, or the graduate as well, who is not at least acquainted with its history and rich traditional background, is lacking in a fundamental knowledge if not a thorough appreciation of the College. Nothing drives this home more forcibly than the annual Class Day. To the casual observer it might appear merely another day of meaningless jubilation and glamorous festivity, superficial and transitory. To the initiated, to those who can penetrate beneath the gay laughter, the forced smiles, the whirl and blaze of confetti and streamers, is revealed a deep insight into a romantic trend in the history of Harvard...
...Some years ago two young men sailed a small boat, built on the south shore of Cape Cod, to the purchaser at Marblehead. As they rounded the Cape a thick fog came on, and thinking they might have to drop the anchor quickly in the night they brought it aft, with the rope fast, and lashed it on the quarter by the cock-pit. When morning came, and they could see somewhat through the haze, they found themselves off Minot's Ledge instead of Marblehead. The anchor on the quarter had caused a deviation of the compass in the cock...
...should we keep our eye single and our vision clear? We cannot see our selves as others see us. Perhaps it would be neither pleasant nor profitable if we could. It might merely substitute one distorted image for another...
...should we keep our eye single and our vision clear? We cannot see our selves as others see us. Perhaps it would be neither pleasant nor profitable if we could. It might merely substitute one distorted image for another...
Columns have been written about Hoover's strategy, his war record, his whirlwind courtship, his lowly birth, and even about his cooks, but not a word has been printed about his skill with rod, reel, and creel. It is understandable, pe haps, that the attention of the public might be side-tracked temporarily on minor issues, on the Prohibition question, rebellious farm bloc, or a yelping Senator Norris, but can this important qualification for the highest position this country can offer a man be neglected for long...