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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Fairness is a good policy even in college journalism. The unnamed editorial writer in the CRIMSON seems to sneer at the bad fortune with which the University debating teams have met. It would be a safe wager that this writer has never attempted to participate in a debate, and he probably did not even attend the debate which brought on his laughable and amusing attempt at a display of immature wit. Does he know how much work a debate entails? Is it any worse to lose a debate than to be defeated in an athletic contest? Would he likewise suggest...
Considering the fact that one University team in an attempt to uphold the liquor traffic in the recent intercollegiate debate was battered until it had, so to speak, not a keg to stand on, while its more soberly-inclined colleague went down utterly before the forces of booze, news of the generous distribution of gold and silver medals among the two unhappy teams is astonishing to say the least, besides giving color to the rumors that Harvard is fast becoming Prussianized. We are told that the Germans were accustomed to stimulate their troops after a "strategic retreat" by a wholesale...
...present day attempt to regulate students' clothes would meet with laughter and scorn for the force of public opinion is great enough to keep a sober and appropriate dress, but it is a matter of pride that the Seniors have continued, voluntarily, a custom putting all men on absolutely the same basis, by adopting a universal distinctive garb for the graduating class...
...occasion, some time ago, to witness a performance of the 47 Workshop, and was much impressed by the very definite attempt at theater lighting therein. I consider that Professor Baker has done some of the most valuable work in connection with the theatrical workshop movement, and his influence is remarkably wide-spread...
...your editorial of April 10th, you attempt to excuse the inefficiency of the S. A. T. C. by writing that "few men were of college calibre." You go on to suggest that the S. A. T. C. was not a failure per se, but because of the men who composed it! To quote from the editorial, "Its rolls were not filled with the names of regular undergraduates--but with the names of younger men who seized the opportunity to enter college without examinations at the expense of the government, and of a few older men evading duty...