Word: events
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard men cannot understand, there are things in Cambridge which the men from Yale look upon with astonishment and a certain sceptical disdain. But there is one point upon which the men of both institutions are equally agreed; they want to make the Harvard Yale game the finest sporting event in the country...
...vogue that was his a decade or two ago has been succeeded by a tendency to belittle him. Only critics in the future, unaffected either by contemporary popularity or by natural hostility to the dicta of the preceeding generation can be just in their estimate. In any event, Sargent must be granted a place of some importance in American art, and the Museum acknowledged fortunate in possessing such examples of his work. The drab mural specimens in Widener require an antidote before the undergraduate novice in art can think of Sargent without prejudice. It may be that acquaintance with vigorous...
...spirit of the college prank. Undergraduates are notoriously poor judges of the effects of what they are pleased to consider practical jokes and it is most improbable that the persons responsible for the purloining of the famous Yale antique had any conception of the really serious furore which the event is reported to have caused in New Haven. It is certainly to be hoped that those who consider themselves directly offended by the incident will preserve sufficient sense of humour to prevent any such consequences as are hinted at by the alarmists of the professional press...
...That zone has caused so many earthquakes in the last three centuries that whenever one is felt near Boston, it is suspected as being the cause. The last tremor was felt about Boston on January 7, 1925. Professor Mather believes that there may be a repetition of the event within the next two or three weeks, but that if it happens at all, it will not be of serious consequence...
...consideration of the powerful threats with which the library officials are armed, it is a rather lame excuse to say it is impossible to force the return of books. As for the lost books, they should either have a system of preventing this unfortunate event or else make better provisions for replacement. It would be interesting to see some statistics on the percentage of books missing out of the total asked for at the Delivery Desk. R. L. Richards...