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...University and Yale-Princeton struggles the Tigers had an admittedly superior combination to the Crimson's. What two more weeks of training in both camps have done can be determined precisely only by tomorrow's duel. Crimson track teams have been noted in the past for their rapid development in the latter part of the season; and this year's squad is no exception to the rule. The Tigers appeared to be at the peak of their strength against the Elis. Whether they have been able to maintain the same quality throughout the last two weeks will not be detected...
...color-impulses were transmitted from the tiny "cones" on the retina to the brain has not previously been known. Professor Chaffee and Professor Bovie discovered that all impulses passing along the optic nerve are rhythmical, that they go in a series of extremely rapid pulsation's or separate impulses, and that the nature of this rhythm varies with the color of the light seen...
...played as a tremendous joke with a little serio-comic sentimental trimming, it succeeds admirably. No-one could take the adventures of the unsophisticated young American girl, who leaves her aged husband five minutes after marrying him to chase around the world after a penniless Englishmen, too seriously. The rapid geographical movements of the characters--from Hawaii via Japan, China, the North Pole, and Russia to Canada--are in themselves too preposterous for anything more than an amusing outburst of somebody's dramatic imagination. Unfortunately as played at present, the company is inclined to give the piece too serious...
...career of this "stormy petrel" of politics has been one to inspire both respect and fear. Beginning as an uneducated bandit of Manchuria, he rose rapidly to the command of the "hung hutze" or banditti, by force of personality. After aiding Japan in the war with Russia he surrendered to the Chinese government on very favorable terms. His followers became government troops and his promotion to the post of Military Governor was rapid, partially by virtue of good service to the Republic and partly no doubt by reason of the continued loyalty of his troops to their leader...
...Freshman crews since they were chosen last week and have been experimenting with various combinations. They are not entirely satisfied with the showing of the eight as finally chosen but feel that, considering the rather mediocre material, the crew is doing fairly well and that the season will see rapid development...