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...held their places for some time. Shillito has been put in at bow, Whitney at three, Withington has gone from port to starboard, exchanging six for five and Waite has shifted from three to four. Owing to these recent changes the rowing yesterday was not up to the standard. Cutler is a good stroke, and puts rhythm and life into the rest of the crew...
...play, R. D. Murphy '08, who took the leading part, is well up to the standard of former Pi Eta productions. The singing and acting are above the usual amateur level, while the dancing in some instances reaches professional excellence. The music by R. J. de Golyer '08 is original, varied and catchy. In the musical parts H. L. Murphy '08 and R. D. Murphy '08, the two tenors of the University quartet, repeated the success which they scored last year in "The Financier." Their duet "Springtime" was charmingly rendered as was "The Elfins," a solo by the former...
...appreciate the fact which has of late been a matter of concern to the Faculty that the standard of scholarship in the University has not improved in recent years, and we are in entire sympathy with any measures that will have the effect of permanently bettering the standard of scholarship. We also realize that in intercollegiate athletics as conducted at present there are certain elements detrimental to scholastic interests. The most important of these is the feeling among the undergraduates that athletics take precedence over studies; which manifests itself in cutting lectures on the days of important contests...
...that the regular crew got together. The material is good, but the rowing is still very ragged and the men do not seem to be able to swing together. It will require a great deal of work in the short time which remains to get them up to the standard of the other crews...
...said that DuMaurier made a point of allowing "Punch" but one good thing per issue so that the editors might set a standard which their successors could without difficulty maintain. This editorial philosophy has not, it would appear, commended itself to the staff of the Illustrated, for the April number of this publication contains several highly interesting and even noteworthy contributions. Professor Edwin F. Gay, Dean of the Graduate School of Business Administration, sets forth tersely but very comprehensively the purpose, policy, and anticipated achievements of this new and notable addition to the University's agencies of public service...