Word: older
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...spoke of the admiration that he felt for the American youth,--his physical prowess, his mentality, and his splendid athletic games. "And I consider it a great honor," he said, "to be received among you, the founders of whose University have so inseparably joined it with the older institutions of Europe. I only wish that relations between Paris and Cambridge might be more extensive, not only that you should have intercommunications with the Sorbonne, but that we might exchange representatives...
Professor C.N. Greenough, of the department of English, says of the scheme, "It is hoped that, by the new arrangement, English composition may be thought of as standing less apart from a man's other studies than often seemed to be the case under the older plan. The mixed sections will not be given up, or their numbers greatly diminished, unless the new plan clearly proves its superiority. It has not been attempted before, so far as we know, and it will be very encouraging from every standpoint if it succeeds...
About a hundred souvenir paper-weights have been made from brass stud-bolts found in the doors of the older part of Gore Hall, most of which have been presented to older members of the Faculty by President Lowell. The studs, which appeared to have been made by hand, were of solid brass, and were used for the purpose of strengthening and ornamenting the heavy doors at the original entrance...
Perhaps it would be as well to omit one or two songs and pension off a few of the older jokes, but the music, admirably led by Mr. Hancock, is good throughout. As the run is too short for the songs to become widely familiar, a few tunes already well-known have been interpolated. This gives the audience its chance to whistle. Rather too many of the songs are talked, but Mr. Freedley and Mr. Hollister produce some pleasant harmony, and Mr. Mills has a real voice. Messrs. Freedley and Hollister also do some spectacular dancing in the second...
...will be interesting for the older men in the University to know that R. Farquhar '93, a former member of the football team, has been elected one of the nine Commissioners of Architecture of the Panama Exposition in San Francisco. He is also the designer of the "Hall of Festivals" for the exhibition...