Word: short
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Freshman crews, under the tutelage of Coach H. H. Haines, have been confined recently to short practice brushes on the straight stretches below the Weld Boathouse, but have revealed power in these work-outs. They have been supplied with a training table in the Smith Halls Dining Room this week and all first-year oarsmen will cat there for the remainder of the season...
...followed. The most remarkable change is the fact that no decision will be rendered upon the question, either by judges or by the audience. The Northwestern plan also leaves time at the end of the debate for a discussion from the floor if desired. Therefore the speeches will be short, lasting only 18 minutes...
...Vagabond is truly sorry that his old favorite Edgar Allen Poe did not write after 1870, for although he has always enjoyed the author's short stories with a chill of horror, let it be said, nevertheless, that he would like to have some authority tell the story of Poe's death in a gutter. The Vagabond feels that, inasmuch as that is a very possible end for him, he would like to know that geniuses before him have met the same fate...
...this, believe it or not, is leading up to the fact that Professor Murdock is giving a lecture on "The American Short Story since 1870" this morning at 10 o'clock in Harvard 1, at which the Vagabond expects to be present. For even if Poe is his favorite, he likes to wipe the cold sweat off his brow every now and then and enjoy the tales of O. Henry, Richard Harding Davis, and many others whom Professor Murdock will probably cover...
...Sullivan '28, regular short stop on the University team, is giving a strained arm as long a rest as possible. If the necessity arose, Sullivan could be used in the Crimson infield but Coach F. G. Mitchell prefers to let his veteran recover entirely to prevent a recurrence of his injuries later in the season. HARVARD MAINE Burns, c.f. l.f., Arroldi Chase, 2b. 2b., Westcott Donaghy, s.s. s.s., Manigan Lord, c. r.f., Buzzell Prior, 1b. 1b., Plummer Whitney, 3b, c.f., Lathrop Jones, r.f. 3b., True Hardle, l.f. c., Hamiltton Cutts, p. p., Peaks