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...undergraduates have learned a good bit of the old-time sport in this last week. The mass meeting Wednesday was crowded; the parade to the field Thursday, in spite of the bad weather, was large and spontaneous; the cheering at the game itself was good. But from now on, the mass meetings must be more than crowded; the parades must be more than large; the cheering must be more than good...
...Dead Leaves," by Mr. Auslander, is a charmingly graceful bit of verse, while Mr. Cowley's clever "Nantasket" and Mr. Hillyer's "Interlude" are also praiseworthy. "The Brief Case," a page humorously setting forth many current doings, is a happy addition to the magazine. From the first editorial to the last book review interest but seldom lags, and with the increased incentive of prizes to be given for the best contributions, the Advocate seems started on a year that will be worthy of the proudest traditions of its past...
Radical labor is taking the bit in its teeth; it is breaking away from the control of its leaders. More and more is this fact being made evident. A few days ago, when the president of the Longshoreman's Association appeared before his organization to call off the strike that has paralyzed shipping in New York, he was mobbed; and it was only with difficulty that he escaped uninjured. A similar situation exists in the New York publishing business, where an outlaw organization of typesetters has broken with its officers and tied up the magazines to such an extent that...
...Conn., June 13.--As a result of the strenuous work of the past week, Coach Haines decided today that the 1922 crew was going a bit stale, and gave them a complete...
...very glad to hear that your class is contemplating the creation of a gate to the College Yard in memory of the men of your class who fell in the war. Bit by bit the Yard is being beautified but much remains to be done, and I can think of no more fitting nor permanent memorial, of a modest but apt sort than the addition of a monumental portal to the Yard fence, now so nearly complete. Of course we all hope that the alumni will create some single splendid memorial to the memory of all Harvard dead...