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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...claims that the sailor on shore leave is going to spend all of his time brousing in the Joseph Conrad Memorial Library. Nevertheless the institution will open up vast worlds to those of their number who have never read any of Conrad. Simply because one has chosen the oldest and not the least honorable of trades--that of voyaging--as one's life work is no indication that one is necessarily an intellectual moron. The most unlettered of common sailors can appreciate the beauty of "The Nigger of the Narcissus" far more than the most erudite of landlubbers...
...should install an eating place of the Memorial Hall order where students could get three meals a day," declared J. G. Chandler in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. Mr. Chandler, who is Vice-President of Durgin, Park & Co., famous restaurant on North Market Street, Boston, is the oldest restaurateur in the city, having started business 54 years...
...boxing is the least harmful of any of the so-called 'personal contact' sports. It builds you up without any risk of broken bones or term muscles. It should be realized that college boxing is quite distinct from 'prize fighting'; there is no connection whatsoever. Boxing is the oldest and most honorable of manly sports and merits a place among the college activities...
...Continued my sightseeing through the Joseph-Stadt or ancient ghetto of Prague, noting the synagogue which is said to be one of the oldest in Europe. As we emerged from this quarter and headed for the 'new town' with its handsome streets and palaces, a limousine stopped at the curb in which sat a man who reminded me at first glance of Mussolini...
...risk either of them in today's encounter. The Crimson captain, however, has nearly recovered from his leg injury, and will see service if needed. Daley, the veteran guard who has been under observation for appendicitis may also get into the play for a time, when the two oldest colleges in the country meet...