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...Ferguson's interpretation of the outcast Miriam is an unusually moving one. Her change from a "street walker" to a "mistress," is excellently portrayed, and throughout the piece she acts her difficult part with considerable eloquence and power. As Geoffrey, David Powell was admirable in the role of a shallow, selfish man. The Hugh, of Warburton Gamble, and the Tony of J. Woodall Birde, were both thoroughly convincing parts. Miss Gillian Scaife, as the insipid Valentine, gave a delightfully pleasant impersonation of a thoroughly unpleasant woman...
...Geological Conference. (Special meeting) "Some Evidence that the Visible Marine Strata are of Shallow Water Origin," by Professor Charles Schuchert, LL.D., in University Museum...
...steady concentration, it encourages lazy and vicious habits." He finds that he "has known more men who have lost early ideals during their four years than" he has "known men who have won new ones;" "that the greater number of the student body were desperately matter-of-fact, intellectually shallow, utilitarian, interested, the same as crass Philistines outside of College, only in money-making, women and amusements;" "That most of" his "classmates were easy materialists and hedonists, at best well clothed, clean-cut young barbarians;" and "that those men who did not drink were looked upon with something like suspicion...
...flare out rather sharply over the surface of the water just above the waterline and give a quick rotary motion to the bow wash, casting the water under the boat, while the broad, almost flat-bottomed stern has the effect of smoothing the water out and leaves a broad shallow furrow in its wake. By combining, thus, speed and easy handling in a boat so constructed that it is able to ran close to shore or near to the crew which is being coached, the Rowing Committee has supplemented the services of the old coaching launches, "Veritas" and "John Harvard...
...mountainous, and covered with dense alder growth. Bear, moose, caribou, mountain sheep, ducks, and salmon afford rare sport. He told of a kadiak bear weighing 1400 pounds, of moose whose antlers spread 63 inches and of salmon so plentiful that one had only to kick them out of the shallow water. In addition to hunting, Mr. Colby investigated with indifferent success a number of gold and coal claims...