Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...other leading parts of those of Peer, an omniscient deacon, whose pretensions to learning afford comic opportunities; Jeppe, the father of Erasmus, whose paternal pride adds a sympathetic touch to the play; Nille, an old peasant woman; and Jacob, a country bumpkin. They are played by V. P. Williamson Unc., D. T. Eaton Unc., Miss Tripp of Radcliffe, and R. H. L. Skinner '22, respectively...
...part in practice yesterday. It is evident that the lack of promising end candidates has indeed the coaches to try Kane on the wing. W. D. Hubbard '22 filled his place yesterday and probably will continue to do so unless i is decided to put Kane back in his old berth. There is very little to choose between Kane and Hubbard for a tackle, Hubbard having played in every game when either Kane or R. M. Sedgwick '21, the regular tackles, have been unable to play...
...Pierce Hall, which will be the headquarters, containing most of the offices, class rooms and drafting rooms, has been extensively changed. Partitions out in by the Navy have all been torn down and the whole building rewired and repainted. A modern oil-burning plant has been substituted for the old coal-consuming system. This serves the double purpose of furnishing power for the school as well as light and heat for several of the neighboring buildings...
...delegate of the French Army to the Victory Ball, will be the guest of the Cercle Francais at a meeting in his honor tonight in Grays 17 at 7.30 o'clock. Lieutenant l'Huillier is the attache militaire at Washington of the French government, and, although only 24 years old, he won the Legion d'Honneur, the Medaille Militaire, and shared in the citations of the second and third army corps for the Croix de Guerre...
Entrance examinations are largely to blame for the small capacity for self-education shown by college men. The entrance requirements are not too hard, but they are too numerous. In preparing for either the new or old plan tests, the average boy needs to put in a working day of six to eight hours of prescribed work during his last four years at school. He has not time to develop properly any independent intellectual interests worth cultivating; he has little leisure for self-improvement and self-development, and even this leisure he is apt to find has been planned...