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...there is much to be admired. It is true that Mr. Browdy's "Midnight Supper" contains a conventional O. Henry opening and some unskillful traces of Mr. Hardy in its stilted stage directions ("Had there not been something peculiarly ingratiating about this man, I should have maintained my custom of refusing these highway requests at all times. As it was, I stopped to argue with him,") which are inconsistent with the general style and plot. But the piece breaks into splendid originality in two speeches of Tom Gowan, the lovelorn murderer, and in the conclusion, which is far better than...
...wont to search out the humorous elements in a serious situation, and their enjoyment in raillery is noticeably persistent. Harsh critics condemn this apparent distaste for fundamentals, and disparage the merits of an unregulated disregard of inward responsibility. If this sort of liberty is good for Englishmen, it must contain some value...
December 1 has been set as the date of completion of the Yale Armory. The new armory was planned last February to accommodate the four batteries of the Yale Battalion, but if the Battalion is to be disbanded it is intended to alter the new building so as to contain the headquarters and offices of the Reserve Officers' Training School, which will be established in place of the Battalion...
...building will contain, in addition to numerous storage rooms and lecture halls, a drill hall 200 feet long which has a clear span of 100 feet, and a stable which will accommodate 120 horses. The armory is being constructed on Yale Field just west of the Bowl on ground furnished by the University, the entire cost of construction being covered by graduate contributions...
...chairman of the committee in charge is Professor George C. Whipple, of the Sanitary Engineering Department, who may be consulted at his office in Pierce 212. Papers submitted shall contain not more than 5,000 words unless special permission to submit a longer paper has been obtained. The completed papers must be in the hands of the committee by April 1; 1917. Each entrant should send his name, qualifications and the subject of his proposed paper to Professor Whipple by November...