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...contingent became more and more aware of the immensity of the parade, its exuberance increased, until by the time Washington Street had been reached the enthusiasm seemed liable to overreach accepted bounds. The streets in this region were lined five and six deep with onlookers on both sidewalks. But not all were of the same allegiance as the marchers. Pictures of Alfred E. Smith were to be seen in abundance, and as many shrieks endorsed that name as that of the Republican candidate...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD COHORTS MARCH FOR HOOVER | 11/3/1928 | See Source »

...drama, as played by Mr. Hampden, is a good old comedy of plot and action, with characterization, minimized. Sir Giles Overreach is a stage villain without redeeming features, while his daughter (strange heredity!) is the sum of all charms. There is the attractive young lover, the afflicted hero, the fawning toad, and a host of stock comic characters brightly differentiated. When--one reads these Elizabethan comedies, one is puzzled sometimes to follow the twisted threads of plot and counterplot; but on the stage it all unfolds compactly and without confusion. The trick of deception, dramatic irony, we call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON PLAYGOER | 1/6/1923 | See Source »

...Freshman crews are rowing from the Newell Boat Club every afternoon under the coaching of J. F. Perkins 3L. The individual material is fully as good as that of the average Freshman crew. The men as a whole, however, have at present a bad tendency to overreach and are unsteady on their stretches...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Crew Work and Plans. | 5/2/1903 | See Source »

...Freshman crews yesterday were coached from the "John Harvard" by J. F. Perkins 3L. Neither of the crews use their stretchers properly and they have a tendency to overreach. The second boat is still very unsteady...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshman Rowing Crude. | 4/30/1903 | See Source »

Hartwell at bow is small, but very effective. He also tends to overreach after taking his full slide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Freshmen Leave for Worcester. | 5/26/1900 | See Source »

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