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...defeated the Yale freshmen. If indoor results are at all significant, this showing promises well for the important outdoor meets of the late spring. Also the very fair cross-country record of last fall, combined with Saturday's results, makes it plain that the coaches will have at their command at least one of the two elements necessary for a winning track team...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEED OF THE TRACK TEAM. | 2/12/1912 | See Source »

...leader, having unmasked himself, gives voice to the wrongs and miseries of the wage-earners, and finally in grief and despair, yields to arrest. It is a one-part play, and N. R. Sturgis '12, as Joe Patterson, was fully equal to the part. His depth of feeling, self-command, and magnetic stage-presence, held the close attention of the audience throughout...

Author: By R. B. Perry., | Title: Dramatic Club Plays Criticised | 4/14/1911 | See Source »

...fail of election. Moreover, the electors take into account success in winning prizes for essays, in debating, and in other intellectual activities. In no case are purely personal grounds, -- matters of likes and dislikes,--considered at all; but a continuous effort is made to recognize real ability and intellectual command, as opposed to mere "grinding...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PHI BETA KAPPA STATEMENT | 3/4/1911 | See Source »

...reason seems now apparent for failure to "make good." Signs of that vital force which alone can command success are eagerly awaited. The CRIMSON believes that these will not long be wanting, and takes pleasure in adding its own heartiest wishes for the Council's success...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT COUNCIL ESTABLISHED. | 12/9/1910 | See Source »

...undoubtedly the greatest testimony of the success of the society during the past year. The lectures by members of the Faculty, which are to be continued this winter, were highly instructive, in a popular as well as a scientific sense. Moreover, the apparatus which is now at the command of the society, offers a rare opportunity for all those interested in any branch of flight by means of planes. In one year the Aeronautical Society has won a place beside the largest aero clubs of this country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY. | 11/28/1910 | See Source »

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