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...principal objection to "Mem" being used for this purpose will be that its very atmosphere seems to dampen any show of enthusiasm for gayety; those who argue thus point to the sombre but dignified array of portraits on the walls as evidence. I distinctly recollect hearing a "long Harvard" given in Memorial Hall on one occasion that would put to shame any cheer heard in the Stadium of late years...
Veteran Forwards in Starting Array...
Selecting only twenty-six names from the galaxy of genius which the nineteenth century brought forth, he includes only one Englishman among them. This fortunate is Sir Walter Scott. With a Pecksniffian wave of his hand, he disposes of all the array of poetic brilliance from Wordsworth to Tennyson. It is evident on the face of it that Signor Croce has not written a history of European literature in the nineteenth century...
...contest with the Morris High School of New York City was a one-sided affair, ending 54--0 with Yale on the long end. The Princeton Freshmen invaded New Haven two weeks ago with a threatening array of players, but the Elis proved too strong for them, and they were vanquished 13--7. Captain Webster of Yale, playing at tackle, gave a superb performance, while Ordway continued his dazzling backfield tactics...
...Every time one of the serried array of learned counsel . . . clears his throat or blows a bugle call on his proboscis, a cost of 69.4 cents is imposed on the estate, assuming that indulgence in either of these forensic flourishes consumes a single second of time...