Word: thing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...west row of tennis courts on Jarvis Field will be open for play this afternoon as the weather has been sufficiently good to allow the ground to become firm. Cold weather is the only thing than can postpone the beginning of play. Announcement of the opening of the other courts will be made later...
...Freshman dormitories, a change so vital in the history of Harvard athletics, and so broadly in favor of general participation, as the reorganization of football methods is intensely gratifying. The records of Freshman teams undoubtedly will suffer; but the record of a Freshman team is a small thing ten years from now as compared with the good derived from the encouragement of general exercise. In the furthering of general athletics for Freshmen, it becomes apparent what part a good, conveniently located gymnasium would play. That, more than any one change, would be of aid in the development of well-rounded...
...Alaska, though his account suffers somewhat from lack of detailed description and incident. The series of articles on customs in different colleges is represented by one this month on Massachusetts Agricultural College and we are inclined to agree with the author when he suggests that the most distinctive thing about such "distinctive" customs is that they are, after all, the "common property" of all institutions. "An Interview With Billy, the Postman" concerns our own traditions and is more worth while. The flowery style in which it is written will probably not prejudice many...
...Henry French Hollis '92, in his address "From One Senator's View point," which he delivered in the Union yesterday evening, scored the existing conditions at Harvard in severe terms. He characterized the University as "hide-bound and conservative." Due to the conservatism, he said, "rich men who find thing rigged about right for their money-making operations are glad to contribute to the colleges. Every Esstern college is eating from the hand that has robbed the pockets of the people...
...play is unique in at least one thing--it is a musical farce, not a musical comedy. The plot is a pure farce throughout, depending on the complexity...