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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...annual Phillips Brooks House reception to Freshmen will be held on Wednesday evening at 8 o'clock. This event is one of the best opportunities given the incoming class for the purpose of promoting acquaintances among its members. The reception will be in formal and every man in 1918 is cordially invited to be present. There will be speeches by undergraduate and Faculty members of the Phillips Brooks House Association. The Glee Club quartet will furnish the music of the occasion, and light refreshments will be served...
...hurled the ball with accuracy and the men at the other end of the pass were always ready for it. Eighteen forward passes were attempted, of which half were successful. Drop-kicks by Tibbott also netted Princeton several points. The backfield showed up well, and Captain Ballin was preeminent among his staunch colleagues. The material, altogether, is very promising, for the coaches have a group of strong defensive players as well as some fast men on the wings for open play...
...confines of the new dormitories "class politics" are likely to be rife. Good fellowship and activity should steer one clear of selfish aims and motives. Create good fellowship among yourselves and do not lay too much emphasis upon making a "club". The latter now belongs in a sphere entirely outside of the life of a first year man. True success is a life well lived and tasks well done. We are looking to the members of the class of 1918 to enter into life here determined to make their class the best that has ever come to Harvard...
...democracy, liberalism and tolerance has existed here, the realization by the majority that the clubs at Harvard are purely social and it is therefore of little concern what some clubs do or who belongs to them. That guarantee of democracy has always existed, but it has always been weakest among Freshmen. To make it absolute, the agreement provides that "no club shall elect as a member any undergraduate before the fourth Monday after the opening of College in his Sophomore year, or before that time pledge or promise election, even by implication to such undergraduate"; other clauses forbid the taking...
...maintains a chapel in which daily morning prayers and Sunday morning services are conducted, and a Board of five Preachers which always contains representatives of several different denominations. Attendance at Chapel has been voluntary since 1886, but all the services are well attended, and a strong religious spirit prevails among the attendants. The University also maintains a Divinity or Theological School in which various denominations are represented among both the teachers and the students. This School not only provides for the scientific study of the usual theological subjects, but also prepares young men for the practical work of the ministry...