Word: old
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...universities have played in the war. We have seen Harvard much affected, but compared to Oxford and Cambridge the changes here have been insignificant. The academic life at these English colleges is nearly at a standstill; only a handful of wounded soldiers and physically unfit still work at their old tasks. Many of the colleges have quartered in them some kind of training corps, which change the old atmospheres of academic case to the modern air of military vigor. Apparently the old traditions have been lost forever. But we have the word of the Archbishop of York that in spite...
...heavyweight. Men who wish instruction in either branch of the sport in preparation for the tournament may sign up at the H. A. A. or Randolph Gymnasium, or report directly to the instructors. Coaches Anderson and Foley of the wrestling and boxing teams, respectively, may be found in the old Randolph squash courts, now the Randolph Gymnasium, every afternoon, while Henry Allen, the boxing instructor, has his headquarters in the old Randolph Gymnasium proper, in the basement of the east centre entry of Randolph Hall. His hours are afternoons, from 2 until 4 o'clock...
...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...
...proud of his supposed fame, like the "rah-rah boy" posters, pipe in mouth, he struts through the Yard sometimes even condescending to answer the greeting of the upperclassman. To say that this is true of all present Freshmen is of course absurd. There are many who stick to old traditions and behave as they should, but these pass unnoticed in the shadow of the aggressive prep-school star...
...group of seven undergraduates at the University, styling themselves the Patelin Players, will present the old French farce, "Pierre Patelin," in the theatre of the Elizabeth Peabody House, 357 Charles street, Boston, tonight at 8 o'clock. During the past few weeks the cast, organized somewhat after the manner of the old student-player fraternities of France, have been carrying their production about the various settlement houses of Boston...