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...distinct disappointment both in point of score and play. The Tiger attack had lost its vaunted strength when tried against the unyielding Dartmouth line. This defeat, bitter as it was, put new spirit into the Princeton team and last Saturday, with a return to form, Holy Cross was literally torn to pieces. The Princeton eleven has begun to retrieve the Dartmouth defeat and it will meet Harvard tomorrow completely rejuvenated and ready to fight its hardest...
Buildings at the foot of Holyoke street are already being vacated, and will soon be torn down to clear the ground for the new Freshman dormitory to be located there. The land to the east of the Edison power plant along Boylston street, and that immediately north of Holyoke street along the bank of the Charles, will also be cleared this winter, so that the work of laying the foundations of the three Freshman dormitories may begin as soon as the frost is out of the ground next spring...
...walks out of the play promising his assistance to the distressed wife. The lesson of the play is that there can be no perfect love without trust; the love of wife for husband broke when his pistol put an end to her brother's life. She is alternately torn between her love for her husband and her love for her brother; and the struggle is not without its tragic interest. Melodramatic touches serve to hold the attention of the audience, even during the expository scenes; but the applause that the play calls forth must be gratifying alike to the author...
...President Chauncey, the second president, lived on his own estate, and during the terms of his successors the Dunster house fell into disrepair. President Mather (1692-1701) was requested to take up permanent residence in Cambridge and the Dunster house was repaired for his use in 1700. It was torn down while President Leverett was in office...
...this game for the first time was worn a canvas jacket, the invention of Smock of Princeton. Tackling below the hips was then prohibited, and the old-time jerseys were easily torn...