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...sometimes from American platforms. These are the shadow Huns, the forerunners of a solid flesh and blood reality--or blood and iron, as it prefers to describe itself. All flesh is as grass, and grass is a thing for which the German sword has no use, except it snatch at a few wisps to wipe its blade...
...France or elsewhere on naval or military service, the clubhouse is still open, and they would be delighted to welcome as honorary members any rowing members of your University temporarily in this country, and freely offer them the use of boats and gear if they can snatch a few hours to enjoy their old sport. I should be glad, Mr. President, if you would, in the way most convenient to yourself, give this invitation the widest publicity amongst your rowing fraternity, and trust it may result in our making the acquaintance of many of our cousin 'wet bobs...
...Harvard relay four, after two unsatisfactory victories over the B. A. A., and watching the same team on a third occasion snatch an hour-old record from its grasp, came to the mark Saturday afternoon in marvelous form. All questions of superiority were settled and a world's title regained, which has been already held for thirty-six hours and is likely to be held for many more. The hockey team, as well, after the loss of the Princeton series, made a successful ending of the major sport's first season. Not only was the final victory over Yale hardly...
...sand, just as we are likely to lose ours and become over-confident. I have no fear for Yale, but I have the greatest respect for them, for I have seen them under similar circumstances to these of the present, come back like a thousand of brick and snatch victory from a Yale defeat...
...however, was the singing of Miss Aagot Lunde, a mezzo-soprano of remarkably sympathetic voice. In her selections from Grieg, she showed great power of adaptation--first, in "The Autumn Gale," full of action, but with the dreariness of the Norwegian minor; then in Eet Syn, a short, vivacious snatch of song; and finally in Solweig's Cradle Song, deeper in quality with a peculiar languishing movement...