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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...more social. why should one climb a tower to enjoy Phi Beta Kappa when he can luxuriate in the Varsity Club's happy proximity to mother earth? There is, further, the feeling that advertising will help solve the problem. The names of athletes are club house hold words; cannot something be achieved by posting the names of students with honor grades? The faculty also comes in for criticism, especially the "young and generally incompetent" assistants. The professors, it is more than hinted, might do better than give lectures which merely repeat the prescribed reading, and in general, there is felt...
Tomorrow and Saturday will see the Intercollegiate Track Meet again in the stadium. We cannot hope for a better meet than was held there two years ago under ideal weather conditions, when the finest athletes of the country met and records went to smash. This year we are sure only of the finest athletes, and even among these there seems to be a doubtful choice of winners. It is a privilege for Harvard to have such a meet on her field again, in return for which we can give our rivals and guests a cordial welcome and a sportsmanlike reception...
...realm of peace and love and justice." In stirring phrases he denounced the vicious circle of logic by which the nations defend gigantic navies and armies. "We must strengthen our armaments because others are strengthening theirs" is the argument. European parliaments know that it must stop, and yet they cannot escape from the "vicious treadmill that they have set going" which is "grinding the bones of men." Armament and the taxation it requires weaken Europe like "a great financial vampire sucking the blood of nations...
...history than of that of Greece and Rome. It may be that acquaintance with American History should have been made in preparation for college, but this argument may be applied with equal force to English Composition which is required of all Freshmen. The fact remains that we cannot learn that history after we come to college and must, therefore, go without it. We are confident that eventually a general course in United States History will be given and we know that it will be a popular and worthy course. It is merely a question of how long we must wait...
...schedule for the final round robin of the Leiter Cup series has been completed. Each of the six teams that have qualified will now play every other team, and the series will probably end on June 5. If any team cannot play on the day announced, the captain should notify T. K. Richards '15, Hampden '33, at once. Postponed games in the first week should be played off on May 30, while those not played in the second week will be re-scheduled after June...