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...have said on a great many occasions, our athletic program is built around the ideal that every boy who comes to Harvard is somebody's boy, and if we believe in athletic exercise then we should endeavor to provide it for every boy who wants it. Last fall we had five football games with Yale, this spring we are having eight crew races and four baseball games. In other words, we are extending to more students the privilege of meeting our rival, Yale. We have been able to accomplish this with the outdoor games because of the splendid facilities which...
Educationally Harvard is operating at present under a system of distribution and concentration. In the Freshman year we have distribution "trying to know a little about many things" perhaps an occasional movie on Friday evening included. Upon this platform is built the concentration "trying to know a little more about some one thing." Upon the platform of the Freshman dormitories the University is building these Houses, to deepen, richen and concentrate those many acquaintances and experiences with which a Freshman first comes in contact when he enters college...
Much credit for Yale's triumphs must go to Dean Meeks, who has built up the faculty and student personnel of his school. He is 50, a roly-poly little man with a swarthy moon-face, merry squinting eyes, black mustache and knobby goatee-a small Sultan in mufti. A native of Mount Vernon. N. Y., he is an alumnus of Yale, studied architecture at Columbia University and in Paris. He worked as a draughtsman with the famed firm of Carrere & Hastings. In 1914 he began practicing for himself, still executes an occasional design. He is a bachelor...
...rumors that Manhattan's beloved Carnegie Hall would be sold and torn down were routed last week with the announcement that a new "Andrew Carnegie Memorial" organ has been purchased for the auditorium. Built by George Kilgen & Son. Inc., of St. Louis (organ architects for St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan), it will be one of the largest and most elaborate...
...rumors that Manhattan's beloved Carnegie Hall would be sold and torn down were routed last week with the announcement that a new "Andrew Carnegie Memorial" organ has been purchased for the auditorium. Built by George Kilgen & Son. Inc., of St. Louis (organ architects for St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan), it will be one of the largest and most elaborate...