Word: war
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Leighton, who returned to College after Christmas, rowed number seven on his Freshman crew against Yale. He was also a member of the first University boat until the eight disbanded after the declaration of war in the spring...
Before the end of this week all the Freshman oarsmen will be transferred to the Weld Boat Club and Newell will be used exclusively by University and upperclass eights as was the custom before the war. The management hopes to transfer the Freshmen to their new quarters today. During the war, Weld Boat Club was given over to the Navy...
...reappearance of Hasty Pudding Spring Show posters in the Yard, after a lapse of three years, is one more indication that conditions at Cambridge are slowly swinging back to the normal plane of before the war days. It has been long since the curtain of the Pudding stage has creaked up on a much rouged and closely shaved chorus of pseudo-girls, and since basso-voiced heroines and sotto-voiced prompters have held an undergraduate audience thrilled by the unrehearsed actions of a Pudding cast. "Crowns and Clowns" will be a welcome visitor to the University...
...production of this new show calls to mind the last spring play that was to have been given, but which never appeared. Just as "Barnum Was Right" was ready for an expectant public the war broke--and to the last scene shifter and chorus man the company entered the service. Of the four officers of the club who signed the notice of the withdrawal of the show, two were killed and two were wounded. Of the chorus six were killed and as many more were wounded and gassed. This record is no greater than that of any other portion...
...weeks later the three months' Intercollegiate Seaplane Tournament will begin. Races will be held every Saturday between the entries of the various colleges, each institution being allowed three entries. Many members of the University have been prominent in aviation during the war, and among the men who might be chosen to represent the University at the meets are the following: D. Campbell '17, D. Gregg '18, J. Lavalle '18, W. W. McCleod '19, C. D. Murray '19, T. G. Ames '20, G. Crompton '20, C. R. Steedman '20, and T. Hitchcock...