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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...useless to refute the idea that the actor's calling offers more temptations to loafers than any other profession. But it is equally fallacious to think that the actor's life is one sequence of success. There exists in this art the same discouragement known to all professions. The real cause of all the unpleasant publicity concerning the actor and his private life lies not so much in what he may or may not have done but in the insatiable desire of journalism to cater to the public taste. The delusion which exists in many minds that the actors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Mr. Irving on "The Art of the Actor" | 1/22/1907 | See Source »

...game yesterday the members of both teams played hard, but without any team work, and many good individual rushes were made useless by lack of support. The Seniors made one goal early in the first period, and during the rest of the half the play was very even. For the most of the second half the puck was in the territory of the Seniors. Fraser-Campbell tied the score at the beginning of this half by a long shot from the side of the rink. As there was no further scoring an extra period of three minutes was played...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS HOCKEY A TIE | 1/18/1907 | See Source »

...lecture on "Brigand Life in the Balkans", which was to have been given in the Union last evening by Mr. Frederick Moore, was postponed, the stereopticon machine having been rendered temporarily useless by the burning out of two fuses. The lecture will be given tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock in the Living Room...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Union Lecture on Balkans Postponed | 5/9/1906 | See Source »

...those who do participate; first, to the player's general health; second to his intellectual development. Violent training, necessary to so violent a game, causes physical exhaustion and does lasting injury to circulation digestion, and nutrition. Muscle gained at the sacrifice of the vital organs is worse than useless. Then fatalities are a part of the price paid for the sport. In spite of precautionary training numerous and serious accidents have resulted. Statistics show that at Harvard, Columbia and Princeton one-quarter of the players are injured, more or less permanently...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PRINCETON WON THE DEBATE | 12/16/1905 | See Source »

Tickets for the dance may be obtained by 1906 members of the Union, and by other members of the Union who have received invitations, before 6 o'clock at the office of the Union. It will be impossible to obtain tickets in the evening, and will be useless to send for members of the committee...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 1906 UNION DANCE TONIGHT | 3/7/1905 | See Source »

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