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...victor. The Harvard eleven had many more chances, to score than the ordinary game usually affords, and had the team possessed the spirit of their opponents, not only would these opportunities have been taken advantage of, but more of them would have been forthcoming. But there was singular lack of team play and aggressiveness, and in critical situations, there was the same stage-fright or over-supply of confidence which has prevented so many touchdowns in previous games. Fumbling, holding, offside play and inexcusable failure to gain ended in a score of but eleven points against opponents who should have...
These addresses already hold a place of their own in the literature of the University, and seem bound to be valued more and more. They reflect in a singular way the personality of the man who has given them to us. They seem like concrete phrases from the vaguer atmosphere of Harvard tradition. They are filled with the earnestness that gives conviction, and with a simple artlessness more inspiring than the highest...
...singular boldness, of his work was not understood by all was qualified as strange and extravagant, but his poems have triumphed over the attacks upon them. If everyone does not consider them as masterpieces, they are at least conceded to have been written by one of the most interesting and ingenuous spirits of these days...
...Hamlet" has had a singular power over the minds of men and women. It stands alone, the most melancholy and the most popular of all works. It has been translated into twenty seven tongues, and even during the restoration of the Stuarts, when the rest of Shakspere's plays were for the time forgotten in England, Hamlet continued to be played. This play, standing as it does among the plays of the tragic period, is the manifestation of some great grief which has entered Shakspere's life at this time. It represents also the impression which human tragedy made...
...Plain Facts about the Library," Professor W. C. Lane '81, elaborates on four present needs of the College Library, additional shelf room for books, study rooms for professor and advanced students, increased space for administration, and a better reading room. He says: "It is a singular fact that, at a time when the building of libraries has become a favorite form of public benefaction, Harvard has not received any great gift for a library building. It is useless to expect an ample equipment and a generous building from any other source." In summarizing the requirements, Professor Lane puts beauty first...