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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...truth to emotional experience achieved in Mr. Hillyer's "Night on the Mountain." The latter, though defective in rhyme, fails chiefly in the introduction of "death," and the last line, which escapes anticlimax by false hyperbole. The psychology of Tapolo, "contented" with a clear night while praying for rain, defies analysis. Much better is the heavily alliterative rendering from Tolstoi by Mr. Garland. Its last lines, however, leave the point insufficiently clear, while such phraseology as "wended their way" and "dalliance" mars the prevailing tasteful simplicity of diction...

Author: By Percy W. Long., | Title: CONSCIOUS MATURITY IN MONTHLY | 3/4/1914 | See Source »

...Rain prevented both the University soccer team's game at Worcester and the Freshman game with Andover here on Saturday. The fall season is now over, and while it has not been a successful one in the capturing of victories, yet it has been advantageous for the development of new material for the games in the spring. A review is printed below...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOOD SOCCER MATERIAL FOR 1915 | 12/1/1913 | See Source »

...formed. Some 3000 students fell in the line and led by the "Y" men of the university marched around the streets to the champs, where they cheered Captain Ketcham and the members of the team individually. On Friday afternoon, about 1000 undergraduates marched to Yale Field in the pouring rain and cheered the practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ENTHUSIASM AT YALE RUNS HIGH | 11/20/1913 | See Source »

...Haven, Conn., November 14, 1913, --Over one thousand students marched to Yale Field this afternoon and cheered individual members of the team. Practice was light and short, as a heavy rain interviewed, and consisted of signal practice. Guernsey and Pumpelly practiced drop-kicking. The line-up for tomorrow's game will be as follows: Avery, l.e.; Warren, l.t.; Pendleton, l.g.; Marting, c.; Ketcham, r.g.; Talbott, r.t.; Brann or Carter, r.e.; Wilson, q.b.; Ainsworth, l.h.b.; Knowles, r.h.b.; Dunn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Enthusiasm Rife at Yale | 11/15/1913 | See Source »

...sing "Harvardiana" and "Our Director" to Princeton and Yale with the same spirit that they showed Saturday, the football players will have to play a fast and furious game to keep in time. Enthusiasm was the only dry thing at the Penn. State game, and no amount of rain could dampen it. This is the spirit that raises our hopes and gives the team a standard that it will work to meet...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SIGNS OF THE TIMES. | 10/27/1913 | See Source »

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