Word: though
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...result of an effort to obtain all available material for the University crew, 48 men responded to a general call for candidates this year. Work was begun at once on the machines, though the squad was not divided into regular eights. This week, however, six crews have been formed, and rowing in the tank begun, preceded by a short session at the machines. This system of work will be maintained until the ice in the river breaks...
...Though the University crew is somewhat lighter than last year, it should develop into a fast eight...
...musical comedy is hard beset by two perils: it is either spun out from one idea, which gets rather frayed toward the end, or is pared down to the quick from the story of the original. This latter is evidently the case with "The Man from Cook's." But though the piece does fall rather weakly into the position of a showcase for gems of song, its framework is given as high a polish as it can stand in the elaborate production of Messrs. Klaw and Erlanger, and it is refreshingly sweet and clean after such things as the "Follies...
Members of the two lower classes may enroll in the news competition, in which familiarity with some phase of College activity, though valuable, is of secondary importance to a good determination and a willingness to search for news. Perhaps one of the most useful and sure results of this competition is the insight into College affairs which it gives, and the broad acquaintance to which it inevitably leads. It appeals, of course, to men who can afford considerable time in outside work...
Mention must be made, however, of the unusually good singing in the opera. Mr. Martindel repeats the success he made in "Naughty Marietta"; the other soloists, though inferior to him, are decidedly above the usual musical comedy level...