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...conference at Lausanne struck another snag last week when the Ottoman debt came up for discussion. The various Allied representatives had to refer the question to their home governments; thus a delay was occasioned...
...What is a Puritan?" With great emphasis we are told that the Puritan is "an iconoclast, an image-breaker". "Puritanism is an urgent exploring and creative spirit." It seems that Professor Sherman struck a snag somewhere. Would not his definition cover the men whose work he finds harmful to the formation of a real American literature? Cannot these writers insist that their "vision of the good life" is as adequate as that advance by Emerson and Whitman...
...Tiger cubs started off the season with a string of six victories, but on April 28, they struck a snag in the shape of Blair School, finally succumbing by the narrow margin of 5 to 4. Tome, Exeter, and Peddie all overcame the Freshman in the succeeding games, and it was not until last Saturday that the nine was able to come back with an 8 to 1 victory over Penn Charter...
After this favorable start, the Crimson team struck a snag when it met Toronto. The Canadians, last year's amateur hockey champions, proved too strong for the Crimson in a brilliant overtime game. With the score 3-1 in the visitors' favor at the beginning of the third period, the University unloosed an attack which momentarily swept Toronto off its feet and tied the score. The Canadians, however, came back with a whirlwind offense in the first overtime period to score three more goals, and the University could not make up for this advantage in the last session. The final...
...defeated Hotchkiss 14 to 0. This game was characterized by fumbles and poor teamwork. In the next game, however, with Exeter, the Blue yearlings showed their true form by overwhelming their opponents by the score of 21 to 0. On the next Saturday they played Andover and met a snag. Only after hard fighting, and brilliant play by the yearling backs, were they able to defeat the preparatory school team, 14 to 10. On the next two successive Saturdays, the Princeton 1924 and Dean Academy elevens fell before the Eli cubs by the scores...