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...play. Just before the close of the half Daly kicked a goal from the field from the 35-yard line. The only score in the second half came from a forward pass, which Vaughan, the Yale end caught on the 10-yard line and carried over for a touch-dawn...
There is an old saying, "It's always darkest before dawn." Once upon a time this may have been quoted by some optimistic undergraduate. But after so many phantoms of false morning in the days of Harvard athletics, after so many years of Juggernaut-like sacrifice on the part of the players; after an humble but ceaseless endeavor by all undergraduates to nourish in their midst a situation, maimed, tethered and hamstrung, all those interested in sport are by this last absurdity fairly roused into sitting up and taking notice. The only apparent opportunity to express one's sentiments...
...Darkness and Dawn," by F. W. Farrar...
...poetry, E. E. Hunt's translation and P. A. Hutchison's "Quatrain" are well-phrased, and the "Song" by W. G. Tinckom-Fernandez has a pleasing melody. But most notable is J. H. Wheelock's "Dawn in the City," which, in spite of serious defects, is well worth reading. Its merit lies in the vividness of its pictures, and the success the writer achieves in conveying the feeling inspired by a prospect of city streets in the gray light of morning. In this it recalls some of Mr. Henley's London poems. But its effectiveness is weakened by a curious...
Atlantic Monthly--"The Dawn of the American Drama," J. Corbin '92; "Love and the Machine," A. S. Pier...