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...male citizens, and dives off in the wake of departing seagulls, just as a renewed upheaval submerges the island anyway. An overnight's swim brings her to company less aggressive but very dull, so after a few weeks' rest she swims off again-in search of a mate. Him she finds in Martin, erstwhile lawyer, who is quickly adapting himself to the laws of nature-storing up loot for the winter, beating off dogs that have already turned wolflike, and finally battling with brutish fellows for the possession of his woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Flood | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...nick of slaughter Martin and Claire are rescued from the black and bloody tunnel by a search party which turns out to have been sent by Martin's antediluvial wife, Helen, whom he had thought drowned. Before her presence can soil the lovers' passion, however, Helen is kidnaped by a fresh band of lustful and flood-maddened males...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FICTION: Flood | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...after life had done well in college studies while the prevalent opinion that extra-curriculum activities were more valuable as a preparation for later life has no basis for its claims. President Lowell has carried on exhaustive investigations on this subject for many years and the results of his search are proof of his theory, long held by teachers...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SCHOLARS SCORE | 3/10/1928 | See Source »

...protagonist of the negative to all human aspirations to good and beautiful giving, has been developed by the American Opera Company. In the opening scene, for instance. Faust is discovered in his study, a scholar of middle age, a victim of nostalgia, despairing over the futility of the search after knowledge by forfeiting all life's diversions, speculating on whether after all it may not be better to assent to the aphorism, "evil, be though my good...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: American Opera Company to Feature "Harvard Night" at the Hollis With Rejuvenated "Faust" | 3/7/1928 | See Source »

...inscription that would seem to solve the mooted point of the date of the foundation of the college was uncovered yesterday by Assistant-Professor K. B. Murdock '16. Professor Murdock an antiquarian of distinction has long been engaged in the search for absolute proof in the matter. It has long been believed that the college was founded in 1636 but there was no definite proof other than the reminiscences of some of the faculty members. The new inscription hitherto in a hidden and secluded spot bids fair to settle the matter for all time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OLD INSCRIPTION UNCOVERED SETTLING DATE OF COLLEGE FOUNDING | 3/6/1928 | See Source »

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