Word: things
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Senior Spread. The new function has been given the distinctive name of "Jubilee," and is unusual in idea as well. While it will centre around an interdormitory singing contest, it will contain more than a bare hint of social attraction. The competition, of course, will be "the thing." But in addition there will be a reception, a concert, a buffet supper, and a dance,--surely enough to attract even those who hitherto have taken no pleasure in listening to men's choruses. The occasion will be both educative and enjoyable. Everything will take place in and around the Freshman dormitories...
...might be substituted for cer- tain well-known initials in the critical columns of a certain Boston newspaper. Mr. Murdock's short poem, although it has its "amethyst and pearl," its "gold and blue," is inspired by true feeling and possesses true significance. Perhaps the best thing in the number is Mr. Jacobs's war-sonnet, a vital and powerful satire, and the winner of the Advocate competition. C. R. POST...
...this important precautionary measure. Recently an enterprising manager of a well-known baseball club had all his players receive the inoculations. The obvious question arises--if this precautionary, measure is so valuable to armies and to a civilian population in times of war--why is it not a good thing in the ordinary walks of life? We know that typhoid fever occasionally occurs even under the best of conditions...
...thing was clearly demonstrated by the debate last Friday; debating as a purely undergraduate activity has come to stay...
...recent election in which a man not even a member of the Union was nominated for one of the committees. If the institution is ever to be lastingly improved, it must be by those whose hearts are in the work, not by those who join because it is the thing...