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...picture of modern French society it is extremely interesting. An intensely Puritanical New England girl, left a rich widow, marries a French nobleman, chiefly for his title and later discovers that he is more or less of a blackguard. Some incidents of the Franco-Prussian war are woven into the plot in an interesting way, although there is no actual fighting. The characters are not as clearly drawn as some in her earlier works, being rather conventional, but the plot is carefully constructed, although the ending is rather unsatisfactory and suggests the "Prisoner of Zenda." As a whole the book...
...athletic committee has given permission to the 1900 Weld crew to wear the regulation Freshman caps and sweaters, with the addition of a W., which is to be woven through the numerals...
...class decided by a large majority, at its meeting last evening, to keep the old Tree. The exercises around it will be modified, however. The flowers will be placed around the Tree extending from five to eight feet from the ground and into them the '97 emblem will be woven. The men will wear ordinary clothes, probably a uniform costume to be recommended by the Class Day Committee, and the scrimmage will not be rough. The seats will be limited to about 3400. Five schemes were proposed, the first of which was adopted. Two of the others were those already...
...followed by the second division, made up of Harvard men. The Harvard division was headed by the College band of nearly thirty pieces, under the efficient leadership of A. H. Howard '98, who wore a crimson sweater, on the front of which was a large black and white woven shield with the motto "Veritas." The rest of the band were dressed in blue sack coats, white duck trousers and straw hats. The drum corps of fifteen men followed in similar costume. The classes marched in order, dressed in duck trousers and straw hats with their class ribbons. Ninety...
...Dreams in Woven Thread," Mary S. Lockwood...