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Last season's production, "The Isle of Surprise," an oriental melo-farce with musical accompaniment, marked the zenith of the club's achievement. It was presented 26 times before packed houses throughout the country, and earned the sincere commendation of press and public alike. The piece was purged of every vestige of professionalism: it was an undergraduate product from start to finish, Student efforts in the field of acting, singing, dancing, coaching, playwrighting, composing, orchestration, designing and execution of scenery and costumes, creation of electrical effects, financial management and publicity placed a smooth and meritorious production before more than...
Never before have the educational institutions of the country been such a fertile source of comment for the daily press. What used to be the height of excitement--hazing, "paddling" and such things as student strikes--is now hardly worth mentioning. Something worse has happened, the entrance of corrupting woman. Cornell is in the midst of a struggle against its Amazons, while Amherst is worried over its quarrel with Smith. But worse still is the latest news from Cambridge: Harvard has been caught in the snares set by Radcliffe...
What have we done? Like Cornell we have succeeded in "estranging the Metropolitan press," for the "New York Tribune," shuddering (in its 100 percent virility) at the thought of afternoon teas at Harvard, indulges in an editorial entitled "Cherchez les Femmes." For it is logical to assume that woman is at the bottom of the push buttons, the jam and toast and all the luxuries provided by the Union. As good as its word the "Tribune" traces the source of the evil from the tinkling tea-cups to 10 Garden street, which, as we all know is only "two blocks...
...record all the passages that excite a more or less emphatic degree of laughter would fill several columns. Suffice it to say that Stephen Leacock needs no press notices and in "Winsome Winnie" he is at his customary best...
Several sections of the University Register are now on the press; the others will follow within a few days. Next week solicitors will begin to canvass for subscriptions. The price this year is $2.50. Although the editors had hoped to place the Register on sale before the Christmas recess, the printer has stated recently that it will not be ready until January...