Word: alumni
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard is divided on the question of the enlargement of the Stadium," Mr. Bingham continued. "The Corporation and the Overseers of the University have declared their opposition to such a step and, as a result, the Alumni may be limited to one seat for the Yale football game. It is to be hoped, however, that the Alumni, who through their representatives, the Overseers, have turned down the proposition of a larger stadium, will accept this enforced limitation without complaint...
...following history of President Dunster and his work at Harvard College is based on an article which appeared recently in the Alumni Bulletin...
...problem of capacity and the misunderstandings attendant upon it will remain. In his 1928 report Mr. Bingham quoted the figures of the total number of Harvard men, alumni and present members of the University, as 61,763. Restrictions on admission to Harvard make it likely that this figure has reached nearly its top mark. But Harvard's share of tickets in the Stadium is only 32,000, and there are hundreds of disappointed alumni each year...
...absolute whereby to measure the rise and fall of the level of college journalism, if any. Periodically there arises the question of whither is the undergraduate newspaper going; the medium of judgment chosen by observers is the editorial pages of college papers. The latest criticism, from the Dartmouth Alumni Magazine, is an epitome of all that has been said on the subject lately. It asserts that college editors fail to harmonize the tone of their editorial columns with the responsibility that is theirs by virtue of their place as representatives of the college in print. Cynicism, flippancy, and disregard...
With the new building under way two alternatives face the authorities, either the procuring of the needed $300,000 on short order from alumni or friends of the College or the substitution of a temporary roof for the fourth floor and its proposed basketball courts until a more favorable day. In case of the latter event, the University would at least have its much-needed swimming pool and the other two floors would relieve Hemenway sufficiently to be a blessing...