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...college men today,--enthusiasm. He also sees that more opportunities should be given them to bring this characteristic into play. One cannot help feeling, however, that there is an underlying plea for socialism, and that perhaps the author might be guilty of misdirecting enthusiasm, of building his palaces on sand. Such is his implied suggestion--that it is far more important for us to understand Shaw and Wilde than Milton. Perhaps he himself does not enough understand the eternal greatness of such men as Milton to appreciate the triviality of such men as Wilde. His sudden suggestion of a dramatic...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Review of Current Advocate | 1/13/1908 | See Source »

Recent football seasons.--especially the one just past--have shown us that we do not lack men with enough sand and skill to deserve to be on winning teams. What we do lack each year is the benefit of the past year's experience. Football coaches are no different from other men in their failure to profit by the experience which others, have had. In order to gain a fund of practical coaching experience and football knowledge which can put our teams into the running again, we must have at the head of our football one man whose circumstances...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL REFLECTIONS. | 11/25/1907 | See Source »

...game when the University team would play their hardest and make Yale know that she had been through a real game. We are in a position now where we have everything to win and nothing to lose. Yale gave an example last Saturday of winning a game on pure "sand," and she also showed, in the first half that she can be beaten. Coach Crane expressed his gratitude to the assistant coaches and the second team, and to Professor Herbert S. White who secured for the team the services of D. C. Campbell...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Another Enthusiastic Demonstration | 11/20/1907 | See Source »

...Furlong found no clew to the position of the boat in documents, but from a chance acquaintance, whose father had seen the event. There remained of the hull only the ribs and keel two fathoms deep in sand and covered with fossilized matter

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Furlong's Lecture Last Night | 5/16/1906 | See Source »

...Triangle Club gave four presentations of its new musical comedy, "Tabasco Sand", last week. On April 14 a dress rehearsal was given before the faculty and invited guests, followed on the next evening by the annual undergraduate performance. Saturday afternoon and evening the club appeared in New York at the Waldorf-Astoria, where the play was well received before large audiences. During the Easter trip the Club will appear in Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Louisville...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Princeton Letter | 4/14/1906 | See Source »

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