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...frequently men have merely retaining minds which are capable of remembering any number of barren facts gained from the works of other men. But, unfortunately, a machine-like mind is not at a premium in the business and professional circles of today. The young man with a constructive mind is alone able to cope with existing problems. Thousands of men can add up columns of figures correctly, remember any number of recorded law cases, or know every law in chemistry,--but it is the exceptional man who with the aid of a constructive mind, can establish an improved system...
...national representation. The Harvard ideal,-as expressed by President Eliot in an address in the Union two years ago,-is that of a "National University." The activities of Harvard clubs throughout the country and of the sometime territorial clubs are directed to this end, but they have been singularly barren of results. More than half the undergraduates are from Massachusetts alone; and the representation from the West is not increasing. The Graduate Schools are national, but the College cannot with truth make the same boast...
Cambridge around Christmas time, is enveloped in an encircling gloom. What with the early departure of the Musical Clubs to the boards and ball rooms of the West, and the general exodus of students to their several homes, the University's purlieus, from Gore to Perkins, will become bleak, barren and bare. But before the members of the University disperse to the four winds, a cheerful note will be struck, that will echo in Cambridge for many...
...appearance of the Yard is a more or less superficial feature of the University's welfare; but since the Yard is one of the famed beauties of Harvard, and since it stands in a way for Harvard, the prospect of its being barren for years to come is not unimportant. There has been agitation in the Alumni Bulletin to secure contributions from the various classes toward the placing of sizeable trees. The Alumni seem the only source of funds, and if after so many years of generosity they are still willing to lend their aid, it can be directed toward...
...University 390-yard team enjoyed the unique distinction of being world's champions for answer. In the rise with Cornell, Captain W. A. Barren, Jr., '14, A. Biddle '16, F. W. Capper '15, and R. Tower '15 ran the 1560 yards in 3 minutes, 61-5 seconds, taking three fifths of a second off the record made by Burns, Gram, Halpin, and Merrihew of the B. A. A. just a year ago. Tower won the pole from Lewis and gave about five yards to Biddle who held it over Irish. Caldwell was sailing after Capper in the third relay when...