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...soon as it hatches the worm makes its way into the twigs, where it feeds and grows as it burrows into the larger limbs. These worms vary in size from three-eighths of an inch to over three inches in length, when they are the most destructive. They then bore across and completely girdle large limbs, and frequently even girdle the trunk, finally cutting a cell close to the bark and there turning into pupas. When these develop they push out through the bark and become moths, which in turn lay their eggs in the bark of the twigs...
...great delicacy shown by the actors in their readings of the lines. Mr. Miller was well suited by temperament for the part he has to play. Jessie Bonstelle as Rhoda showed a very sensitive comprehension of her character and succeeded in producing the illusion for us. The whole cast bore witness to most careful selection and training...
...audience, says that eminent feuilletonist, "nine lady sports all dressed in green." The seduction--"His Room-mate's Side of It"--is merely vulgar and uncharacteristic. An artist may sometimes feel inclined to experiment with this kind of subject, but the present very conventional treatment of it would bore even a lumber-camp. On the whole, I am inclined to care most for the tale of the Idiot Boy, "Jonathan," who inadvertently slew his pet cricket. The tragedy was due to an indigestion brought on by eating dough. The end is charming: "Jonathan is 'a great hand,' his father tells...
...figure of John Harvard in the Emmanuel Chapel bears a scroll whereon is inscribed 'Populus qui creabitur laudabit dominum.' We recognize, sir, and we admire the way in which Harvard's university bore its part. We recognize and we admire the hold Harvard University has upon her sons, the greatness of the people in whose midst it is placed, and the greatness of the service which the University renders to the people...
There was so much enthusiastic bombast delivered at the class meeting when the button question was discussed that the CRIMSON will not venture to bore the members of the class further with the advantageous and other aspects of the scheme. It brings to mind, however, another point which bears more vitally on the class than the mere buttons. In view of the occasional assertion that the class of 1909 has for various reasons never been as enthusiastic as a whole in class affairs as it should have been, it might be well for Seniors to wake up to this fact...