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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Important among its undertakings is a library which already numbers 9200 volumes, on history, life, and conditions of the United States...
...editorial of yesterday's CRIMSON the need of organizing the undergraduates to Finish reliable information about existing conditions at Harvard was urged. The need is real, and it is one that has for some time been attacked with enthusiasm. Among the nineteen clubs as registered last year the work of helping subbasement financially and otherwise, of bringing before them through speeches and their papers, the true ideals of Harvard, of welcoming the Freshmen, of distributing literature among the schools and in many other ways of carrying on the excellent work suggested by the CRIMSON, has been going on--often quietly...
...many years ago practically the only Princeton literature ever distributed among the preparatory schools of the country was the Freshman Bible, a Bric-a-Brac every other year or so, and occasionally a sort of nondescript pamphlet of "University Views." During the past four or five years, however, and especially since the organization of the Undergraduate Schools Committee, matters have been greatly improved. In addition to the systematic distribution . . . . of all the regular college publications, a new plan is now on foot for editing a handbook which will contain concise information intended primarily for the benefit of Princeton sub-freshmen...
...verse in this number, though not conspicuously good, is on the whole creditable. Mr. Wright again deserves commendation for his "After-Days", which has both music and structure. The latter quality is especially rare among college lyrics. Mr. Weston's monologue, "The Invalid", is also good verse, and shows thought and sympathy. "A Wish," by Scofield Thayer, gives evidence of real power of poetical expression. It contains excellent lines and some good imagery. But the figures are not well sustained, and the whole lacks consistency and naturalness. Similarly, Mr. Wilson's descriptive lines, "Wood-Sere," seem a little forced here...
...October 31, 1912.--The University football team spent almost two hours on the field this afternoon, but the work was not heavy, consisting mainly of signal drill and practice in blocking formations. No scrimmaging was tried. A great many coaches assisted in preparing the men for Saturday, and among them was Poe, the famous end of the Class of 1900. Pendleton, H. Baker, De Witt, and Waller all played in the backfield during the afternoon; S. Baker was again at quarter, and Dunlap and Wight at the ends Pendleton and Baker tried a number of kicks from placement with fair...