Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...their contributions will be for the settlement of international problems. The question of the military camps is not one of aggressive militarism; it is one of making a beginning towards a consistent policy which may be followed in the future to give the maximum security for this country. The old form of national defense has proved antiquated; we must invest in a new. A practical beginning must be made and there is no better place to make it than in the American universities. The summer military camps are a movement in exactly the opposite direction...
...Hopkinson Smith, the eminent American author, engineer and artist will speak in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on the "Old Fashioned Folk." As a writer, Mr. Smith has entertained an extensive American audience for the last two decades, some of his best known books being "The Fortunes of Oliver Hain," "Colonel Carter's Christmas" and "The Tides of Barnegat." As an engineer Mr. Smith has also been widely recognized and, as a reward for his work, has received several medals. In the field of art, too, Mr. Smith has gained a considerable reputation...
...gate will stand on the line of Quincy street between the president's house and the old Peabody house. The iron and brick fence of the structure will continue from the south end of the structure to the corner of the Yard. The other end will extend to the edge of the president's driveway. The structure is recessed back from Quincy street with an arched passageway for pedestrians on each side of the great centre gate. On the inner or yard side the gate will be flanked by semi-circular brick walls about four feet high, the quadrant...
Although it is an old subject, the fact remains that Sever Hall would be very dangerous in case of a fire. There are no outside fire escapes, and the stairs are wooden and would burn quickly. On every floor there are wire ladders, but in the confusion incident to a serious conflagration these would be difficult to fasten and uncoil. Furthermore, the congestion that would result about windows would make exit from them extremely difficult...
This production is the eighteenth old English play that the Delta Upsilon has revived. "The Beaux' Stratagem," written in 1706, is the best of the plays that Farquhar has left us, and is one of the liveliest comedies of the whole Restoration drama. The scene is laid in the old Litchfield Inn, where two London gentlemen arrive one night in search of a fortune, the one disguised as a servant to the other. Aimwell, the master, goes to church, and promptly falls in love with a woman in the congregation. His friend, Archer, finding out that the woman...