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...Unlike most of its predecessors, the veils of idealism with which college is customarily enshrouded, are torn aside. A voice from the distance seems to thunder, "Look, Here you see it as it really is." Conversations are reproduced, in so far as possible, as they actually occur. Slang, slip-shod phrases and smut--all are prevalent. The evils of fraternities and hazing are vividly depicted. Our low state of morals is exposed. Our drunken habits are paraded. I hesitate to contemplate our dances...
...able to get back to my room dry-shod because, luckily enough, I discovered that the man in front of me had placed his overshoes under his seat...
...wide airing of the Lansing-Wilson grievances at a time too late for political effect and too early to secure impartial judgment, may satisfy the avidity of certain irreconcilables, but it neither settles controversy or redounds to the credit of the country; this spectacle of a President riding rough-shod over principle and precedent, with his Secretary of State weakly acquiescing in practices which he privately abhorred, while the world longed for a strong man to stand up and denounce them. Mr. Lansing does not appear as the sensation-monger. His narrative furnishes largely a corroboration of much that...
...interesting feature in the same act was the appearance of the noted racehorse "Starlight", brought to the hero's smithy to be shod. He was the center of attention for some moments, as he filled the part and kept his little jockey busy holding him in hand. The play moves easily along to an exciting last act, and the players interpret the Irish characters with a sympathy that completely won the appreciation of their audience...
...spite of our inability to tame the Yale Bulldog on the gridiron last fall, we need no longer feel blue. Captain Bigelow and his henchmen from the class of 1921 went out after that same animal shod with steel and armed with hickory and filled with an invincible spirit. After a few minutes of contest, the outcome was clearly evident, but play was continued until the Freshmen had driven seven goals where they belonged, past the Yale guard. Strangely enough, the Elis were unable to connect with a fortunate puck-thrust, and they stood at the poor...