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Since Appleton Chapel is to be immortal, it seems superfiuous to build a rival; and a memorial to men of different sects and religions shouldn't be religious. The project of a hall large enough for commencement pomps and occasional great meetings has found scant faver. If the college keeps on growing, no hall built in these times will suffice; and the steady cost of maintenance for only sporadic uses make the plan economically unsound. Some thinkers have devised a scheme of a building part hall and part gymnasium. A singular marriage. Some graduates hold that the memorial shouldn...
...notice of the impending deprivation. As it is, a great many men have been put into a very embarrassing position. Before a big event like the Yale game, when many men have invited friends from a distance, is it fair to expect them to cancel their invitation on a scant five days notice? PHILIP WALKER...
...well as the whole of the 1924 team, will be on hand so that experienced players and substitutes are available for all positions. Intensive work will get under way immediately, as the first game of the season, that with Connecticut Agricultural College is scheduled for December 6, leaving a scant two weeks in which to condition the m en and to develop a combination of offensive and defensive strength from the large number of candidates that will be eligible...
With the Princeton game a scant two weeks away, Coach Jones did not wish to risk last minute injuries to his first string players and therefore it was a band of substitutes which came up against Maryland for another overwhelming victory of 28-0. At no time during the game were the Southerners dangerous, since only once in the contest did they succeed in reaching even the Blue 30 yard mark. Jordan proved the chief scorer, bringing in three touchdowns while Captain Aldrich made one tally and got off several beautiful forwards...
Chicago registered eighteen first downs to three by Princeton, and even when Garrity, veteran Princeton half, was sent in to try and stem the tide, the Tiger attack pierced the powerful Maroon defence for only a scant fourteen yards...