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This wireless amateur came into being about twelve or fourteen years ago. He seemed to be one of the outgrowths of fooling with amateur wire telegraph instruments. A great many boys in years past became bitten with the telegraph bug and built little telegraph systems and communicated with each other in the next house or across the street. When Mr. Marconi began to achieve results with his wireless signals the most determined of these boys took up wireless. It was a hopeless effort, for Mr. Marconi himself was having heavy weather of it, even with all the money and facilities...
...return of examination books written for the April "hours" brings into renewed prominence that eternal bug-a-boo of the college student,--the ambiguous examination question. Confronted by the testimony of successful and flunking students alike, an impartial observer must conclude that ability to "guess what the instructor is after" plays all too great a part in the determination of one's mark. Instructors are led through long familiarity with their courses to refer to subjects in terms which even the most faithful student may not fully understand. Some even intentionally make questions indefinite with the avowed purpose of giving...
...defence to follow the ball. It would be an infinitely more elastic game, yet with the old American idea of team play and signals; the same game with the lid off. Coaches have tried to raise the lid, as did Hinckey, and failed on account of the fumbling bug-bear...
With the exception of R. C. Curtis and Rollins, who were given a rest, the entire squad was out in uniform. The condition of the men is of the best, and it is now certain that the team's chances against Yale will not be impaired by the bug-a-boo of the injured list...
...program follows: 1. March, "Soldier's Field" R. K. Fletcher '07 2. Rhapsody, "Espana", Chabrier 3. Selection, "The Legend of Lora-via," Hasty Pudding Play, V. Freedley '14 4. Selection, "A Bug in a Rug" 1914 Pi Eta Play, W. Faulkner '14. L. G. del Castillo '14 5. March, "Harvardianna," S. B. Steel '14 6. Waltz, "The Beautiful Blue Danube," Strauss 7. a) Faun Dance from the panto-mine, "Pan and the Star," E. B. Hill '94 b) At Sea, Buck Harvard Glee Club, H. W. Frost '14, Accompanist 8. American Fantasy, Herbert Organ, Mr. Marshall. 9. Organ Solo, Toccata...