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...folowing spring, in 1875, the letter "H" first appeared on a Harvard sweeter when the eleven lined up against Tufts on June 4. The game was played at Jarvis Field, and the "Harvards," as the University eleven was at the time referred to by the press, created a sensation by being clothed in white sweaters with a magenta "H," "white pants," and "crimson hose...
...this irreverent age of the insubordinate younger generation, the heroic example of one Edda, daughter of Mussolini who would not stir her little toe without her father's consent, smells sweeter than garlic in this naughty world. To complete the incident of her temptation, picture now one Hispano-Suiza whining to be thrown into high gear, an overpoweringly handsome member of the Black Hand or perhaps the Black Shirt Club, and a glorious Italian moon, that is as glorious a moon as moons in Italy may be. But Edda was not seduced by the promise of a wild ride behind...
...have been previously feasted on buckwheat cakes saturated with New England maple syrup. "Since Eve was tempted by the serpent with the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, never has there been offered to weak and erring humanity such an irresistible temptation as buck wheat cakes and syrup, sweeter than the honey of the Hybla bee. "The seriousness of my charge against the President is accentuated by the fact that the victims of his attack are the veterans of our various wars and the dependent widows and children of those who fought and sacrificed and suffered for their country...
...Sweet are the uses of adversity"; but the uses of knowledge, though more difficult of fruition, are sweeter. It is a sad truth that for many men a college degree means no more than a certificate of work gone through with-a certain number of years spent in such and such a way. "Grind" as he will, the student who, parrot-like, fills his blue-books full of his professor's own phrases, is, in the final analsis, little more benefited than the one who attends classes with the same sang-forld with which he pays the Bursar...
...campaign to back the team and make its fighting more effective. Many people will listen to the croaking of pessimistic prophets; the betting odds may be against us. But all the more reason to support the team to the utmost--and beyond. Victory next Saturday will be all the sweeter for the obstacles to be overcome...