Word: shortly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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When you see your first war play in several years, two points are driven home in short order. The first is that the tears, the significant remarks and so on do not ring true, and the other is that the humor isn't half as bad as you used to think it was when you were deluged with it some years back...
...second and last acts are considerably better. The camp at Yaphank, Long Island is amusingly portrayed and the usual soldier cracks go off with unexpected success. The scenes "over there" are short, and after being captured in a shell hole, our hero ends up in a German dugout. He is just about to be executed when the Armistice is announced...
...After a short rebuttal, Mr. Thomas was forced to leave and there was no opportunity for questions from the audience, as had been planned...
...short dash, Dartmouth is greatly handicapped by the graduation of Glendenning, last year's winner, and is not counted on to score. Harvard should take eight points in the 50-yard dash, but there is some doubt as to whether A. E. French '29, who has been practicing only a comparatively short while this season, will be up to his usual form. A. L. Watkins '31 should break the tape in this event, with French second, and Eckert, of Cornell, third...
...however, withdraw from the mile, a clean sweep for the Crimson runners is quite likely. Under such circumstances, the Cornell champion might well lead Reid across the finish line, but even this upset would not alter the point total to any great degree. Leslie Flaksman '29, who finished a short distance behind Reid in the two mile last year, may safely be counted on for third position...