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...Professor Burton should occasionally give the least touch to the soft pedal and remember that English should be good even in the deep-loined West. He is quoted as saying: "The way Western young folk go after belles-lettres almost suggests that the support of literature in the future will come from those parts." It is a striking picture that the professor draws; this lust for learning this avid, eager eating up of elegance, this relentless pursuit of the humanities. With exultant whoops the Western young folks gulp minor poetry and major essays, studies, sketches, belles-lettres, no more than...
...Register have decided to reduce the price this year from $3 to $2 and at the same time if possible to better the high standard set by last year's volume. One of the features that has been particularly mentioned as an instance of hoped-for improvement is the soft leather cover, which the editors intend to use for the first time this year...
Yesterday's match with the Longwood seconds was postponed until Thursday of next week as the courts were too soft to be used...
...poorly arranged; it is neither high nor deep; heavy beams cross the ceiling. Despite these drawbacks, the settings designed by D. M. Oenslager were admirable, simple in their broad lines, charming in detail. The lighting, which was obtained by a new process, with colored silks used as screens, produced soft and pleasing effects. The costumes were all irreproachably correct...
Coach Mikkola held informal competitions for both the javelin and discus throwers. The results were not altogether satisfactory, but were explained partly by the soft footing. In the University event R. M. C. Greenidge '24 had difficulty in winning over F. K. Kernan Jr. '24. Kernan has been showing great improvement during the last few weeks and now stands as one of the two or three possible javelin-throwers to make the spring track. R. W. Seamans '25 won the Freshman event with A. M. Stern '25 second and N. L. Hughes '25 third...