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...arrangement has been made with the distinguished French medallist, Leon Deschamps, to make a medal, on one side of which will be a portrait of President Eliot, and on the other side, in relief, the Johnson Gate with Harvard Hall in the background. This arrangement has been made through the initiative of Mr. F. A. Delano '85 and through the kindness of Mr. H. Walters '74. Two thousand of these medals are to be struck in bronze, and if there is demand for more, fresh dies can be prepared and more medals struck off. These medals will not only combine...
...telling use of his setting. The buoyant and graceful "travel paper" of Arminius "Concerning Watering Places Mostly German," which alluringly conjures up the atmosphere of the Continental Spa, is refreshing after so much that is subdued or gloomy (even Mr. Green's story has a dying mother in the background) and one is grateful, too, for the pure fun of Mr. H. H. Brown's "Vi et Armis." The "Afterglow," by Mr. Peter Willard, a subjective description tinged with real reminiscent and visionary tone, is the masterpiece of the number. Though the idea is sufficiently hackneyed (the vision of home...
...impossible story of "Dead Man's Pine" is vividly and convincingly drawn, and the inconsistencies of his yarn are not too much insisted on. "Her House ont of Order" introduces the hackneyed characters of the wealthy and eccentric father, the beautiful daughter, and the rich lover, against the background of a revolving house and an automobile. On the whole, these three contributions serve to confirm the reviewer's belief that undergraduate fiction is most likely to be successful when it concerns itself with undergraduate life...
...stage background, representing the palace of Agamemnon at Argos, was finished yesterday, and is now being given its final coat of paint. It should be fully completed this afternoon. The stage itself will not be prepared for the final performance until tomorrow morning...
...stage buildings in the Stadium are rapidly nearing completion and will probably be ready tomorrow afternoon. The wooden structure which will form the background of the theatre has already been erected by F. B. Furbish of Cambridge. It was made from plans by Professor Minton Warren, which he based on the plans of the theatre of Aropus on Northeastern Africa. The structure cuts off the curved end of the Stadium where the spectators will be seated, and represents the palace of Agamemnon at Argos. To break the monotony of the front of the palace, a portico resembling the front...