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More important perhaps than the lack of veterans was the inability of Head Coach Haughton to be out at practice or do any coaching until nearly the middle of October. L. H. Leary '05, who has coached the ends on the victorious teams of the last few years, directed the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: REVIEW OF HARVARD SEASON SHOWS PHENOMENAL PROGRESS BETWEEN TUFTS AND CORNELL CONTESTS | 11/11/1916 | See Source »

"Over the field we soared, and due east for B-Twelve, sixteen, nineteen, twenty-two, twenty-four hundred metres--mounting well at 1,180 turns. The earth seemed hidden under a fine web like the Lady of Shallot wove; soft purple in the west changing to shimmering white in the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 11/10/1916 | See Source »

A great annoyance to readers of library books is to find margins and type itself covered with humorous inscriptions. There seems to be a species of inexpensive humor which delights in ornamenting books that other men must use. Perhaps these significant underlinings, obliterations and witty marginal notes are put down...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PREDATORY HUMOR | 11/9/1916 | See Source »

From the Harvard CRIMSON: "Harvard is perhaps the most cosmopolitan of American universities, and the number of foreign students has increased rapidly in the last few years. In 1912-13 there were 134 students from 29 foreign countries; two years ago 149 from 31 countries, and last year 185 from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cosmopolitan U. of P. | 11/8/1916 | See Source »

The characterizations needed no explanation in 1884. Perhaps they do now. Blaine was regarded as worldly because of the Credit Mobilier and the "Burn this letter" episode. Cleveland was--well, fleshy; Brisbane's "girthy Princeton person" is remembered. And Butler--well, demortuis nil nisi bonum. Boston Transcript.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Nil Nisi Bonum. | 11/8/1916 | See Source »