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...have been only partially successful this year, winning but five of their 15 games. Succumbing to Yale in the first contest of the season, Providence came back with an overwhelming 18 to 1 victory over Clarke University. Holy Cross was too strong, however, but Lowell Tech and Colby both fell by narrow margins. Boston College, Brown, Villanova, and Middlebury all took advantage of a mid-season slump, defeating Providence without any difficulty The team came back later, winning over Lowell Tech and Norwich, and although the last three games have been defeats, the nine has shown a steady improvement...
...University he fell easily into the beer-drinking, dueling, heavily jovial life of the student clubs. He was never able to drink more than 18 mugs of beer at a sitting, however. An attempt to conquer Berlin with his pen failed utterly?he went back to his father's farm?a failure?known everywhere as " the student who had wasted his time...
...last strongholds of denominationalism fell a short time ago, when the University of Chicago decided that its future presidents should be chosen without the restriction that they belong to the Baptist Church. Moreover, the percentage of Baptists required on the Board of Trustees was lowered, and indication given of a more liberal policy in the future. Fortunately, this change was effected without any break with the Church party itself...
TEXAS: The town of Beaumont reports a new record rainfall for the United States. Over 13.5 inches of rain fell inside three hours. All but half an inch of this amount fell inside two hours. Fifty thousand dollars damage was done to property and one serious accident caused by the cloudburst, when an oil storage tank was struck by lightning and a man burned in a pool of burning oil. Two flat-roofed frame buildings collapsed from the weight of water in the gutters. Telephone girls went to work in bathing suits...
...managed to build an imitation pergola in the back yard and swung there, in a Gloucester hammock, hoping, for a duke. She had an insatiable instinct for what people with private incomes like to call "nice things." When Stephen came along, he checked completely with all her aspirations. They fell in love and were married...