Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...speaking further of the character of the plays, Mr. Rains said, "One of the most striking features of the plays is is that, though twenty-three centries old, they are essentially modern in their character--a fact brought out by "Trojan Women" which has been called the strongest plea against war ever written. It depicts the effect of war upon four women, Hecuba, Andromache, Helen, and Cassandra, who have had their homes destroyed and are being led away into captivity. The whole play is aimed as a protest against the conditions of strife in Greece due to the Peloponnesian...
...Though the work in Dean Thayer's courses has not been suspended it has been seriously handicapped through his absence, and his return has been eagerly awaited...
...batting and fielding averages of the University baseball players, completed through the Holy Cross game, show an encouraging gain in the last two weeks, the team batting having risen 7 points. R. Harte '17, though he has lost some ground, still leads with the high average of .353, while R. T. Gannett '15 by his consistent work has climbed into second place with an average...
...like an Elizabethan gallant, with disastrous results. His Sonnet (the form should not be divided like a Petrarcan sonnet, into octet and sestet) is a rash venture into archaic realms. Mr. Sanger's "Children's Land," faintly reminiscent of the song that thrilled the Brushwood Boy, is mildly pleasing though not distinguished. An occasional awkward line mars the smoothness of its metre. "Awakening," by Mr. Cram, wherein
...University tennis team maintained its clean record of victories by defeating Dartmouth 9 to 0 in a six-man match held on the Jarvis Field courts Saturday. The University players were not obliged to extend themselves to win any of the matches, though the victory of J. S. Brown, Jr., '17 over R. B. Livermore was hard-fought in the first set. The summary follows...