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...natural resources has been one of conservation; particularly in so far as our timberland is concerned. Mr. Roosevelt perceived, with his accustomed far-sightedness, that the day was coming when it would be no longer possible to misuse our natural products with the carelessness and wastefulness which then held sway. The bills put through under his administration have been practically the only check on the destruction of our forests...
...stage of the Princess Theatre in New York, and the play thus characterized should have a small, well-trained chorus, catchy tunes, and the principals must take the audience "into their confidence." "Oui Madame" fulfills these conditions and offers a pleasant contrast to the showy, elaborate plays which hold sway on the more spacious stages. The chorus consists of but six girls, augmented on occasions by other members of the company, but these six make up in dancing ability and good looks for what "isn't there" in pony ballets and three-row choruses...
...Alas! It can never be! The new school of pedagogy may allow women pupils, but we feel sure that the College will never be subject to the feminizing sway. That timid idea, so tentatively proposed by the Governing Board will not be adopted at Harvard. The stern spirits of every Puritan from Miles Standish to Cotton Mather arise in solemn protest. We see the inventor of the original "New England conscience" deliver his fateful warning.--Never. The drear halls of Sever shall not be made frivolous. No shall they invade the awful precincts of "Mem". For this is your...
Such usurpation, however, lasts but a short month. Until then let the inhabitants of the sacred Yard beware lest returning late from revelry they sway from the straight and narrow path, and becoming ensnared in the wire, fall with great force into a seedbed...
Even the malicious Cambridge weather is yielding to the omnipotent sway of spring. Day by day the overcoats and heavy winter suits are giving way to light and jaunty summer clothes. Flannel trousers have already appeared on the tennis courts and many youths have taken off their burdensome vests. But what is to happen to the clothing which is cast aside? Shall Max be called upon or shall it be put to some better use? The Phillips Brooks House has solved the problem, and for the next three days it will hold its annual spring clothing collection...