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...Miss Twose who "was a very bleached and shapeless little person, who, somehow, reminded one of an inferior dried fig;" "Benny Dodd's Adventure", with its O. Henry climax; "It!", full of pathetic, sodden shoes; and "Spring Scandal", peppered with potentially horrifying gossip such as, "That be a pore creature, the Queen o'Spain, Oi rackon. No flesh. No substance. No curl"--are pretty near perfection in their...
...country today a widespread conspiracy against relaxation. A man goes it as hard as he can in his office, and then rushes away and hits it up like a maniac on the golf course, or plays tennis or squash, or handball, or medicine ball until he boils in every pore. . . . Nobody want to relax; nobody wants to ruminate, or drowse, or dream. We cultivate business on the golf course, solicit orders on furious motor drives on State highways, and go through violent motions in the unspeakable gymnasium because we don't know how to sit. . . . Unless you can brag about...
...broad-jump as no men qualified in Friday's preliminaries. In the high-jump, however, Harvard unexpectedly scored more points than in any other event. By tieing for first place with Canfield of Yale and Palmer of Dartmouth, R. G. Harwood '09, S. C. Lawrence '10, and R. P. Pore '10 added 6 3-5 points. The height, 5 feet, 11 1-4 inches, was the best performance to date for all three men. The remaining 5 points were won by C. C. Little '10 in the shot-put. He defeated Krueger of Swarthmore, the intercollegiate record holder and champion...
...annuals begin about June 1 and last for about 15 days. Some time before the first faculty reception takes place, a program of the different days, classes and subjects is arranged and published. It is not a pretentious document, but it is very interesting to its readers. They pore over the lists and make their arrangements for the cramming process which most students believe is essential to success. Recitations cease a day or two before the first annual, and the intervening days are devoted in most cases to hard study. Cramming, as this pre-examination study is almost universally called...
...stopped and an aged lady entered, the young men sat unmoved, which was evidently noticed by the president, who, quickly arising with a polite bow, gave up his seat and took a position on the platform. The incident carries a lesson with it to unconscious young men who pore over Greek and give up seven-eights of their time to athletic sports...