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...long pilgrimage which the class of 1918 is about to complete from the commodius palaces on the Charles to the historic piles of the Yard is an appropriate symbol of the progress of the class itself through College. Three years ago the Freshman dormitories were a novel experiment, as new and untried as the men who then occupied them for the first time. These dignified and seasoned Juniors, already pressing close on the heels of the retiring class of 1917, are now about to follow the well-established precedent of choosing homes for themselves in the Yard. Housed beneath...
...Stubbs '20 are the two defence men in whom the Freshmen base their confidence. Both were unable to play against Arlington but both have been showing up well in practice. E. Cabot '20 who was made a regular only at the beginning of the week, has made such progress that Coach D. Duncan '17 has appointed him acting captain for today's game...
...college "first a place to study"; athletics "strange gods"; study "six hours a day"; Dr. Stryker is out of step with progress. There may have been a time when his doctrines would have won adherents; happily it is past, and they have been delegated to the dust bin where repose other curious and outgrown theories the hampered and restricted our daddies. College is a place to loaf, to invite the soul, to complete an education in athletics, to form pleasant friendships, to take the first steps in sociology, to relieve the mind of those traditional notions that restricted the comprehension...
Yesterday's hockey practice marked the end of work for the University squad until Monday, January 1, and in commenting on the progress of the men Coach Winsor would say no more than they were "coming by degrees." He placed G. Townsend '17 at right wing in the place of R. H. Kissel '19 and the former measurably strengthened the forward line, and scored the first goal in a scrimmage with the B. A. A. Seven. T. K. Fisher '17 was out of the game with a bruised ankle, but Kissel's injured foot is all right again...
Grace George, a theatrical star who has done much to encourage dramatic progress in colleges, plans to pay Boston a visit. She will begin an engagement at the Plymouth Theatre directly after vacation, her first performance being on New Year's night. Miss George will bring with her her Playhouse Company, with which she appeared in repertoire in New York all last season, and will present for her opening play Bernard Shaw's "Major Barbara...