Word: surround
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harvard University, whose tradition is to strive fiercely toward eminence in athletics, has installed a new director of outdoor sports, Dr. Charles Whelan, who proposes to surround his track team, in their track room at Soldiers Field, with photographs of star Yale and Princeton athletes of the past, alongside photographs of former Harvard captains. An elaborate motion picture equipment has been provided for use in the field, to show contrasting achievements of various teams and individuals. Three mirrors are to be bought, one set upon rollers and used at practice to show "form" and another anchored at a certain spot...
...Primerose Plelan, who has been brought up in the midst of the worldly and artificial life of her father's castle after she has lost her mother. She shows a pretence of being gay, through in reality she is serious-minded and understands only too well the evils which surround her. Her great consolation and help in life is her love for Pierre de Lancrey. This love keeps her from losing courage, although so far neither she nor Pierre have dared to speak to each other of their love. She confesses it, however, to Madame de Sermaize, her godmother...