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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...usual, the sophisticates were wrong. Since the advent of the daughter of "Princess Alice" Longworth, not a single birth, except royal births, has been forecast in respectable papers, throughout...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Blessed Event | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...outside, where tables will be placed for the occasion. Supper will last about an hour, and during this time Bert Lowe has consented to play several specialty numbers. The program differs from past years in the fact that the Glee Club alone will sing during supper instead of the usual practice of having all the branches of the Instrumental Clubs perform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DATE OF JUBILEE IS SET FOR MAY 29 | 4/27/1928 | See Source »

This year Professor Conant, instead of showing drawings and sketches as usual, has put on view several of the plates recently commissioned by the Corporation, showing Harvard subjects and based upon the ancient service which was used by the College in colonial period and early days of the Republic. Many fragments of this china were unearthed last spring during the excavations for the heating lunnel behind University Hall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 4/25/1928 | See Source »

...first place, the examination questions, which are those for the regular divisional examination in English literature, were prepared much as usual at Harvard. The committee mentioned in the news story is the committee which has general oversight of the competition, and criticized and approved the questions for this purpose...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The First Year | 4/24/1928 | See Source »

...going to the Metropolitan this week, if one is not of that ever increasing Publix contingent which just loves to put Gene Rodemich on a pedestal and applaude his numerous gyrations. However, to give Gene credit, he does surround himself with a some-what more entertaining group than usual to celebrate his "Hall and Farewell" performances. Now that he is leaving Boston, for a while at least, the reviewers will have to give more attention to the feature film at the Babylonish picture palace...

Author: By J. H. S., | Title: THE CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 4/23/1928 | See Source »

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