Word: bettering
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Schenck's communication on the question of scholarships is the second step in an old controversy which might better have been left unopened, for the question of the respective records in scholarship of public and private school men is one that can never be settled satisfactorily till a far more minute investigation of the subject is carried out. Yesterday morning the CRIMSON merely stated that the bare figures, by giving fewer scholarships to private school men than to public school men, were unfavorable to the former; there was no conscious assumption as to what the achievements of either group should...
...Freshmen have broken all records in their pledges towards the new gymnasium with a mark of $3322 to date which is $81 better than the previous record of $3241 held by the Sophomores. Today is the last day of the canvassing and the collectors should make a point of seeing every man on their lists before tonight. The records of the collectors to date are: D. Campbell, $295; S. J. Y. Mann, $285; C. P. Stewart, $278; H. G. Reynolds, $264; J. Hubbell, $238; S. Poor, $235; P. S. Howe, $195; T. Coxe, $191; D. G. Lovell, $191; J. Gazzani...
...laude degrees and honorary scholarships are no sure pass-ports to prosperity, they are, without question fairly accurate promises of future success. Scores of cases could be adduced to prove it in the history of Harvard graduates alone. Bearing this in mind, the mediocre man should strive to better his status while yet there is time by acquiring habits of regular and concentrated study without which success in college, or out of it, cannot be attained...
Dartmouth averaged over 25 dollars a man from her undergraduates when her gymnasium was started. Whether Harvard does better than this or not is up to you. If you cannot afford 30 or 40 dollars sign up for all you can possibly give. Remember we want a good class showing. 1917 GYMNASIUM COMMITTEE...
...been ragged and lacking in team-work, as shown only too clearly in the B. A. A. game Saturday. Save for occasional spurts and flashes of brilliancy on the part of a few men, the forward line has been poor. The defense on the other hand has been considerably better, though not too good...