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When the "Marseillaise" is sung this afternoon the occupants of seats in the cheering section will wave red or white handerchiefs so as to form a white "H" on a crimson background. The right-hand upright of the "H" will be found by those men sitting in section 32, rows O to R inclusive, W to DD inclusive, II and JJ, seats 9, 10, 11, 12; and rows S to V inclusive, EE to HH inclusive, seats 7, 8, 9, 10. The left-hand upright will be formed by men sitting in section 33, rows O to R inclusive...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HOW TO FORM MARSEILLAISE "H" | 11/11/1916 | See Source »

...will definitely be on sale at Leavitt and Peirce's Saturday. Any member of the Class of 1917 is eligible to wear the button and they will cost 25 cents each. H. L. Dayton '17 handed in the winning design which consisted of simple Arabic numerals on a black background...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senior Buttons on Sale Saturday | 11/2/1916 | See Source »

...Christ-child. It is a singularly beautiful work by a rare master of the school now called "International," and it is hoped that it may be secured for the University. In 1876 it was exhibited in the Royal Academy. Its rich, deep reds and blues against a gold background make of it a striking bit of decoration, as well as a very great work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GENTILE DE FABRIANO ON VIEW | 10/19/1916 | See Source »

...Senior buttons for 1917 were ordered last Friday and will be on sale within ten days at Leavitt and Peirce's. H. L. Dayton '17 handed in the winning design, which consisted of the simple Arabic numerals in orange on a black background. The price of each button will be twenty-five cents...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Senior Buttons on Sale Soon | 10/16/1916 | See Source »

Among these contributions, "The Genesis of Beauty," by R. Cutler '16, easily takes first rank. The slight bit of narrative in this sketch is thrown against a background of splendid color, and the whole thing is done quickly and powerfully. The author might be suspected to have been recently diving into Russian novelists, but if this is the result of any such reading, it is to be highly commended. Perhaps equally successful is O. W. Larkin '18 in "Imagination in a Pawnshop," which with the skill and the tantalizing of Frank Stockton Smith leaves us in anything but a satisfied...

Author: By F. E. P. jr., | Title: Prose Standard High in Advocate | 6/9/1916 | See Source »

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