Word: softnesses
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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Instead of the clinking of glasses, there is the clicking of chips. The pleasant gurgle of heavenly liquids gives way to a soft chant of "come 'leven" and rumbling of ivory over wood. Pay nineteen! We wonder if this change has been all for the good. This new method of removing undergraduate inhibitions has certain disadvantages over the old. "A big head is better than an empty purse" is attributed to Epictetus. The road to freedom from the worries of exams and cuts is much smoother when it runs through fragrant vineyards than when it winds across the chequered fields...
...intuition will avail itself of this opportunity to usurp the masculine prerogative. In the lilt of a Strauss waltz or the sensuous rythm of a fox trot the Harvard undergraduate loses that abstraction which is so noticeable in the lecture hall. He will be engulfed, a little by the soft eyes and wavy tresses of some maid, and Harvard indifference will give way to a flush of crimson color...
...Edward Ely of the Boston Art Museum School. These two men, who have done some of the best sets for the "47 Workshop" plays in recent years, are artists of the modern school of theatrical decoration. The first set for "Al Fareedah," depicting a garden, is marked by soft colors, strict attention to details, and the clever use of hedge-rows...
...Soft ice and adverse playing conditions on the Brae Burn Country Club rinks slowed up the game which resulted in a 3 to 2 victory for the second team over Newton High School on Saturday afternoon. The second team netted two goals in the first period, while Newton tied the score in the second. In the first extra period the seconds again tallied, making the final score 3 to 2 in their favor...
...will be held in the Union on Wednesday, February 18, at 7.15 o'clock. Details of the plans have not yet been announced, but the program will include among other features several reels of moving pictures. The services of an orchestra will be procured for the evening. Refreshments, including soft drinks and crackers, and cigarettes will be distributed free of charge...