Word: certaines
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...cable at the American Ambulance Field Service headquarters that the number of Harvard recruits who can be accepted next month will be limited on account of lack of Ambulances to put into the service. The actual number to be accepted has not been received at yet, but it is certain that not many more than the 22 men who have been accepted by the Harvard Committee can be taken care of. All men who have filed their applications tentatively or signified their desire to go but have not definitely signed up, must come to the office at 17 Grays Hall...
...Reports from Western cities indicate a movement to introduce professional football on a large scale East and West next season. It is said that certain major league magnates are considering a plan to employ their ball parks for football and to back the game financially, Professional football was played on Navin Field--the American Association grounds--in Detroit, last fall, and an agent of the Club is reported to have been in Chicago recently to enlist support for his undertaking from owners of major league clubs there. From Columbus and Indianapolis come reports of the impending formation of a professional...
...most natural thing in the world for people to believe in the stability of our educational system. However, fifty years ago everyone studied Greek and Latin, but today it is a very small minority that choose the classics. In reality, we are most certain of the fact that everything is in a state of flux. Who can tell what educational system will reign in 1975? Perhaps Dr. Flexner's name and reputation will be greater then than at present...
...action of the College authorities was taken because of Mrs. Skeffington's supposed anti-British sentiments." There was also a foul blast from another Boston sheet to the effect that Harvard suppresses the truth. If Mrs. Skeffington had been allowed to speak in Emerson Hall it is fairly certain that the newspapers would have chronicled that simple fact without any hint of the sentiments of the College authorities...
...general good fellows. The puzzle is how to realize the ideals of college democracy and still give men a chance to enjoy to the full precious fellowships that are possible only in limited circles. Harvard considered the matter when the Freshman dormitories were established. Yale tried to eliminate certain abuses when it made tap day a college affair and not a public exhibition. Now Princeton is dealing with this very human question, and very likely the end will be not a complete revolution but some measure of real reform. --Boston Herald...