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...greater in that English school. Each afternoon everyone does something in the line of outdoor sports, which is more than can be said for the typical American student. The English seem to have approached the ideal of just enough work and just enough play. There is a happy medium, a moderation between study and athletics. Winning the game is not the paramount idea, but rather playing a good game. W. B. Butler in the Michigan Daily
...gloriously romantic combination of contrasting motifs, which in itself told the story of the opera, more interesting than the piece itself. The second act, a scene in a monastery, was both musically and dramatically effective. The composition here was in Verdi's more religious vein, and this, through the medium of a well trained chorus was presented most satisfactorily...
...House was dedicated in 1900, three words were selected to denote its functions: Piety, Charity, Hospitality. I can express it in no better way. All three of these attributes are found in the life of a well-rounded man. It is the function of Brooks House to be a medium for the voluntary expression of these ideals on the part of men in the University...
Undergraduate life in the University, when treated in novels, rarely bears any resemblance to the real thing. Authors either make Cambridge existence seem very "collegiate" or else unbearably intellectual. Rarely does one reach a satisfactory medium. Holworthy Hall has done it; perhaps one or two other, but few achieve a really true picture of Harvard. "Ben Thorpe" by Arthur Crabb (The Century Company), is not primarily a story of Harvard, for the University is brought in only as a phase in the life of the chief character. The college, however, suffers in no way from Mr. Crabb's story...
...started early next week, under the direction of this Board. The clubs are not primarily social; they are created to afford members of the Law School an opportunity to get practice in the preparation and argument of law cases in as realistic a manner as possible through the medium of moot courts. In the first year the arguments are entirely intra-club, and each club must hold a certain number of trials to qualify for the Ames Competition, which starts in the second year. The 32 second year clubs which have qualified this year, will compete against each other throughout...