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...Illustrated's postal cards to the Senior class calling for opinions on the various courses taken in College furnish one of the rare opportunities given to the undergraduates to criticise their professors. Last year's canvass proved to be extremely interesting and the results obtained were acted on profitably in a few instances. It was shown that many courses which should have been favorites were disliked because of unpopular lecturers. Other more interesting lecturers hand their courses made unpopular by unsuitable assistants for the second meetings. The elementary language courses came in for much criticism, probably because they were compulsory...
...would probably be no great task to forecast the results of this canvass. The objections which will be made by many undergraduates are the distance of the halls and the quality of the food. We cannot conceive of Memorial being moved South, but we can conceive of the quality and variety of the food being changed to suit the tastes of the students. If everyone will state fully what he does not like in the present system and what changes he would like to see made, the Committee may be able to establish the institution on a firm basis again...
...diamond-shaped button bearing the class colors in an original design of enamel. The buttons will be ready next week and will be put on sale at 25 cents each at Leavitt & Peirce's, where they may be obtained by all Seniors upon signing their names and addresses. A canvass of the Senior dormitories will be made to enable all Seniors to buy buttons...
...club by purchasing a shingle and signing the constitution. Of the 223 polled yesterday, 79 were voters. Eight of the total number of men who registered stated that they were willing to speak at rallies, 81 volunteered to work at the polls, and 27 declared their willingness to canvass votes. The total of both registrations, therefore, amounts to 553 men polled, 37 of whom have volunteered to speak at rallies, 127 to work at the polls, and 83 to canvass votes...
...Harvard Republican Club. A thorough tabulation of the cards showed the following results: of age, 200; under age, 130; not voting on account of expense and lack of legal residence, 43; refusing to do campaign work, 168; willing to "stump," 29; willing to work at the polls and canvass votes, 148. These statistics will be forwarded to the National Republican College League, where they will be used as a basis of distributing campaign work. All Republicans who neglected to register yesterday, should do so immediately either at Leavitt & Peirce's or at Holworthy 10, in which place they may also...