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...suddenly seized with the conviction that he is not being true to himself as a painter. Why should he thwart his innate genius by painting in accustomed ways? So he exhibits his originality by delineating a cotangent and a secant descending a staircase under the last X-rays of the setting...
Once more, according to custom, spring has revived the tender green. The undergraduate, the object of the hortatory editorial, must therefore once more be supplicated not to thwart Nature by killing the grass. Already the Yard has become riddled with unsightly short-cuts, with many more in an embryonic state. So little effort need be expended in turning aside to the ever-present path, that it seems unfortunate to mar the greensward. Now that most of the trees are gone, the grass is the Yard's chief natural adornment. A feeble will and a cowlike fondness for meandering, these things...
...present the weather is markedly disagreeable. While we cannot legislate such a condition away, we can do something to thwart the malignant Providence which foists it upon us. Whether or no Cambridge has an ordinance commanding the clearing of walks, it still remains the duty of property owners to make them as usable as possible. On the southern side of Massachusetts avenue, where the tradesmen hold sway, the going is fairly good; but on the northern side, the domain of the Corporation, it is abominable. In the Yard, most of the board walks are now visible, but not through...
...fifth thwart is occupied this year by W. R. Severance '09. Last year Severance rowed in the same position in the 1909 Freshman crew. He is a fairly smooth car, but has to be handled with care before any race because of his tendency to overtrain. He was unable to row against Columbia this year on account of poor condition, but in the Cornell race he kept well in unison with the rest of the crew, and pulled a strong and steady...
Leif asks aid of Minna, the prophetess, that he may gain the Jarl's consent to his suit. Accordingly Minna tells Magnus that his daughter must marry Leif. Magnus does not dare to thwart the decree of the prophetness and accepts Leif as Sylvia's lover. The Jarl then buys Bjarne's ship and the act closes as Leif sets sail across the Atlantic. Sigurd goes with him, hoping that he can cause the crew to mutiny, kill Leif, and return to win Sylvia...