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...specifications of the boat are very similar to those of a shell which was designed for the University by Crowning shield in 1910. The new boat will be 18 inches longer, 61 1-2 feet in all, and an inch deeper, 10 1-2 inches in all; it will be 23 inches in width. The rigging of the shell is being worked out under the direction of members of the Rowing Committee...
...numerous channels of expense. This in itself, is an admirable plan. But it is with the flame of the candle that the diners will be most concerned. There burns the mysticism of the lives of a coming generation; great and unselfish indeed is the spirit of those who would shield for a time the newly lighted and helpless name from the premature blasts or an unheeding world...
...burdened with the dark crime of having kissed the housemaid in "a moment of sensuosity," as he tragically confesses, while passionately in love with the governess, Miss Pinney,--"the most spiritual-minded woman in the world"; Cora is obstinately devoted to an elderly grasswidower who uses her to shield his own unwelcome love for Miss Pinney; Mrs. Wheeler suspects her tortured husband to be over-fond of the governess, until both mother and daughter seek the affection of Clarence. Clarence himself, having secured a job as handy-man-around-the-house on the sole recommendation that he "could drive nails...
...smoke together. Experience shows that that is how their minds really grow. And they must live together in a rational and comfortable way. They must eat in a big dining room or hall, with oak beams across the ceiling, and the stained glass in the windows and with a shield or tablet here and there upon the wall to remind them between times of the men who went before them and left a name worthy of the memory of the college. If a student is to get from his college what it ought to give him, a college dormitory, with...
...afternoon. The games will extend only through Thursday, so that no serious inroad will be made on the men's time. Members of the Freshman squad not on the team are especially desired, as they will be permitted to participate in this series. Five points towards the dormitory championship shield will go to the hall winning, while three and one points will be given respectively to the runner-up and third place...