100 Years ago

Editorial

The communication which we print this morning shows the feeling that exists in the University towards such outages as the blowing up of the Yard pump. If the disapproval of the undergraduate body could be given as wide publicity as the act which aroused it, much of the harm done to the best interests of the University would be remedied. But in actual experience this has rarely been possible. The act of one thoughtless individual invariably creates a prejudice against the whole University of which he is a member, and, in the case of those newspaper readers who are unfamiliar with the real spirit of the University, these prejudices are likely to be strong. It is this fact that makes most serious the offenses which have recently been committed here.

--March 2, 1901

Hasty Pudding Club Theatrical to be Given this Spring

The Hasty Pudding Club play this year will be a burlesque in three acts, called "The Dynamiters"...

In the third act, the conspirators, disguised as mountebanks, have reached the borders of the kingdom. They are busy practicing their assumed craft, when the country-folk break in upon them and clamor for a performance. The Dynamiters comply to the best of their ability. During the performance, Della Croca, as a reporter, enters and discovers his daughter with the conspirators. At a signal from him, the police rush in, closely followed by the king and the populace. Trivia is recovered by her father, and the identity of the supposed king is made clear, to the dismay of the Dynamiters, who themselves are seized and sentenced to dreadful punishment.

--March 2, 1901

75 Years ago

Discuss Fascisti at Union Tonight

Debating Union Will Conduct Debate on Italy's Tyrannic Government--Heckling Encouraged

The Debating Union will hold a meeting at 8 o'clock tonight in the Union. The subject for discussion will be "Resolved, that this house regards the Fascisti government as the best for Italy at this time"...

During these speeches, any member of the house is permitted to object or question the speaker on any point if the speaker yields. It is expected that the reintroduction of heckling will provide an even more spirited debate than in the past and that it will provide ample opportunity for repartee.

--March 3, 1926

Ground Broken for Foot Bridge to Span Charles

Ground has been broken for the first time in the preliminary work which has commenced on the John W. Weeks Memorial Foot Bridge...

Although the bridge is to be 25 feet wide when first constructed, admitting only of foot passage, the supports are to be placed so that it can be increased to 40 feet and thus accommodate vehicle traffic.

--March 4, 1926