Word: backed
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard must be the first University back on its feet in every way" he said, "and we must show that we can go through the war without being completely swept off our feet. The two rinks in the Stadium have been put into shape, and daily practice will start as soon as possible...
...rough estimate places the number of students who registered yesterday at slightly more than 2,000, although these figures are not official. However, the registration is by no means complete, as a great many men are expected back within the next few weeks...
...York and will return to the University within a week. F. B. Whitman '19, No. 7, C. F. Batchelder, Jr., '20, No. 4, J. F. Linder, Jr., '19, No. 3, and J. S. Coleman '19, No. 2, all members of last year's crew are back in College. C. Canfield '19, who stroked the first boat last spring until he was called away to enter the Fourth Officer's Training Camp, registered yesterday and will be available for the spring eight. Of the three remaining members of last year's first crew, D. L. Withington, Jr., '20, died of pneumonia...
These former students are now coming back to complete their education, but they will not tolerate the lack of vision with which so many of our colleges endeavor to crowd all their students into one little field for their recreation. They will still want intercollegiate competition, but they will also demand that the student spectators shall likewise be athletes. I think that some of the changes they will demand may be included in the following...
...straight bonds of the semi-military supervision of the S. A. T. C. and all indications point to a speedy resumption of the normal pre-war college life. To accomplish this regeneration of the University it is necessary for those students who have been in service to get back to duty at Cambridge at the earliest possible moment. It is a good sign that the College Office is making preparations to handle two thousand registrants today, and expects more to drift in during the next few weeks as they obtain their discharges from services. The plea of resuming...