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...appreciated becomes a powerful force. Fortunately when the heart for unity has at last come, there are means ready at hand for bringing it about. Mr. Eliot Wadsworth '98, in an article on "The Future of the Class" in the Senior Album, has set forth these means and their manner of working. Briefly they are the Alumni Association the Harvard Bulletin, the Harvard Clubs, the Associated Harvard Clubs, and the Class reunions. These will still remain names only until they come within the experience of the individual, but to those who read his article they will no longer be vague...
...cramming" knowledge into the heads of dull and backward students was developed to a high degree by the "Widow" Nolen. . . . He flourished largely because he was able to do what so many instructors could not do--present the substance of a course in an orderly and systematic manner. Tutoring is an old custom, and there will always be laggards or dullards who will turn to tutors for assistance. But if the dull and backward profit from a "boiled down", presentation of a subject, does it not follow that the brighter students would do likewise? As a matter of fact...
...then marched up the aisles to the stage. Since all were attired in academic dress, the procession made a striking spectacle, with the red, yellow, blue, and green hoods-contrasting brilliantly with the black caps and gowns. Against such a background there stood out in an even more startling manner the delegates from numerous foreign learned societies, whose gowns were bright red from head to foot. The entire assemblage rose to its feet and applauded for several minutes when Dr. Stratton and the speakers stepped onto the stage...
BOMBO?The discovery of America by the Shuberts, in the usual luxurious Winter Garden, manner, inspired by the presence of the inimitable Jolson...
...books; but he does not expect you to believe in them. If you do, he is glad. If you do not? well, then, there will always be another. Walpols is tall, broad-shouldered, practically always smiling. He has a broad fore head, He wears glasses. His plat form manner is excellent, and he speaks as he writes ? with care and distinction...