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...began in the approved fashion, by telling a story: A little boy re turned from Sunday School. His mother doubted the surety of his learn ing. So she questioned him. Yes, God had made the world in seven days, and then made man, and man went to sleep in a garden. And while man was asleep, God took man's brains and made woman...
...victorious battle against the Emperor. In 1911 the storm of Revolution at last began to discharge its lightning; Dr. Sun hurried to China, became first Provisional President. On Jan. 5, 1912, the Chinese Empire became the Republic of China: the Manchus had been deposed, but the six-year- old boy-Emperor was allowed to keep his title for life and the Government promised to grant him a yearly subsidy for the same period...
...Jockeys. Black Gold was ridden by J.D. Mooney, New Orleans boy. Mooney, hitherto little known, rode a perfect race. He got his mount out of a bad "pocket" of horses at the first turn, he took him from sixth place to third on the five furlong* back stretch, and he brought him in a winner in the last quarter of a mile. Sande, who rode Zev to a victory over the English horse Papyrus last October, kept Bracadale at a fast pace all the way around the track. He was always in the lead for the first mile...
Johnson, national boy's champion, playing number two for Newton, was forced to show his best tennis to win a 9-7 set from Captain Gordon. The contest turned upon the first set, however, and with that in his possession he found little trouble in out guessing and out-manoeuvering his opponent...
...second reason for our failure to attract athletes and men with the right stuff in them is the difficulty men find in working their way through Harvard. The chances of a boy earning his board here are less than half what they were ten years...