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...most striking characteristic of 'Othello' is its structure. Whereas in most tragedies, the hero maintains control until the turning point in the play is reached, here we have the villain in command until the climax. It is proportionately hard to understand". Professor G. L. Kittredge '82 emphasized this point in the second lecture of his series on the "Five tragedies of Shakspere" last night in Sanders Theatre...
Coach Wanamaker has at his command one of the beat squads to report for a Yale hockey team in many years. Last season the Elis were handicapped by a lack of outstanding stars about whom a team could be built. This year, however, a strong team has been developed around Captain Bulkley at left wing, Scott, strong center of last year's Freshman team, who made five goals in Yale's 13 to 0 defeat of the American School of Osteopathy last Saturday, and O'Hearn, who is rated as one of the foremost hockey players in the country...
...James Theatre this week can best be characterized as a study in temperament. It deals with Madame Lisa Della Robbia, a famous opera singer. With her many changing moods, now stormy, now sunny, yet underneath it all having a profound and unshaken love, she dominates the play and has command of every situation...
...Owen, and directed by Coach Claflin, bids fair to come through this series of difficult encounters successfully. The return of five letter-men from a year ago has provided an excellent nucleus about which the team has been built. In addition to the regulars, Coach Claflin has at his command a very capable group of substitutes, among whom W. M. Austin '25, G. C. Guild '23; Nelson Cabot '24, P. W. Chase '25, and J. W. Hammond '25 are outstanding...
...Adriatic Sea, Captain C. P. Nelson, in command of two squadrons of thirty-six chasers, performed excellent service in strengthening the Otranto barrage at the entrance to that sea, and in operations in support of certain cruiser actions. In one of the latter, a dozen chasers gave splendid support to a combined British and Italian squadron of cruiser in the bombardment of Durazzo. During this action, the chasers not only effectively shielded the cruisers from submarine attack, but destroyed at least two submarines...