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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard just this one better, even thought it is evident that this index of universality is by no means an adequate or even an important test of an institution's national character. But considering the situation roughly, it still appears probable that Cornell could safely maintain title among all our national universities as the institution which comes nearer to the establishment of its national character on a basis of proportional representation among all the states than could other universities. Certainly it is much more nearly national in this respect than are the large universities of the West, who draw very...
...Among the pieces of advice gratuitously showered on the undergraduate none is more often repeated than that which urges him to select certain courses, regardless of their intrinsic value in his scheme of education, for the sake of listening to some particularly famous member of the Harvard Faculty. If he does so, and does not take the trouble to gain a personal acquaintance with his professor he is failing in half his avowed purpose. Relations of this sort often prove of more value than the actual work of the courses, and by being continued in after life may become...
...will be given a reception by the Harvard Club of Boston in Harvard Hall next Thursday evening at 8 o'clock. Many members of the Club will be present and an enjoyable evening is planned. Refreshments will be served and several speakers will be heard. It is expected that, among others, the higher military officers of the militia and the regular army will speak...
More than three-fifths of the men who took summer training at Plattsburg this summer were college men. The University had the highest number of men the camp, with a total representation 1,482. Yale came second with 855 and Princeton took third place among the colleges with 720 men at the camp. Following is the list of the first 13 college represented with their student, alumni and total enrolments as appearing "The Phillipian," Phillips Andover Academy: Colleges Students Alum. Harvard, 417 1,065 Yale, 187 668 Princeton, 245 475 Columbia, 42 637 Cornell, 90 493 Univ...
...Columbia Park Boys' Club has a nation-wide reputation among social service workers. It was originally one of many settlement house clubs in San Francisco, but by means of its entertainments, which are both clever and interesting, it has reached the stage where it is self-supporting. The are 45 boys, drawn from the less favored districts of San Francisco, enrolled in its membership, the majority of them being about 14 years old. The club has its own uniform which the members wear in their exhibitions so that there is no individual brilliancy but only the perfection of the whole...