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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...chief aims of the present elective system, as I understand it, is to require every student to concentrate in some field and avoid the dissipation of energy in the elementary study of a large number of unrelated subjects. Concentration necessitates the performance of a certain amount of advanced work, which is of greater advantage in developing mental power than a much larger amount of elementary work, which often consists merely in the acquisition of information, and does not necessitate any connected thought or analysis. It would seem, therefore, that the elective system were a success in forcing students...
...need of a new charter for Cambridge has been keenly felt for many years past, the document now in force being, with the exception of certain changes made in 1891, the same instrument of government adopted in 1846. Many amendments have been made both by general and special acts, so that the provisions of the original charter are now in many cases entirely out of accord with the law and with the actual practice of the City government...
...Owing to certain complications the date of the dance has not been definitely fixed upon, but it will come shortly after mid-years. It must be remembered that only Union members will be allowed to attend the dance. It will, therefore, save the committee much trouble. If those members of the 1915 class, who have not joined the Union, will do so at once. An effort is being made to secure particularly good music...
...there is a tendency towards participating in some organized sport rather than developing individual play. Track shows the largest gain with a total of 143 as against 40 for last year but as there was but one meet scheduled this fall, many of these men did not report regularly. Certain other qualifications should also be made. The seasons for certain sports, particularly lacrosse and rowing were shorter than most of the others. The number of men who reported for hockey, gymnasium work, and fencing which are properly winter sports are also given, so that allowance must be made...
...Certain incongruities in the stage setting will no doubt be eliminated in another performance and the ensemble should improve with repetition. It is perhaps carping to repeat that the size of the auditorium with a scattering audience is unfavorable to the best efforts of the performers and it is to be hoped that the transferral of the performances to Boston is not an irrevocably permanent one. Whatever tongue they may employ, college plays are essentially for college audiences...