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...vicinity of Boston. On its face such a narrowing of choice would seem to be undemocratic and tending to sectionalism, but the experience of those who have had most to do with alumni affairs has shown again and again that a Secretary of only ordinary attainments living in close proximity to Boston is a more valuable officer than a brilliant man who resides at a distance. Since the centralization of alumni interests it has become more than over important that the Secretary should be located where he is in constant and close touch with the office of the Alumni Association...
Since the close of the football season the press of the country has voiced a general demand for revision of the football rules. An undue number of severe injuries and the preponderance of mass plays are the features of the game which are most severely criticised. In the months following the season of 1905 a similar protest caused the Rules Committee to make radical reforms in the game; It seems likely that some changes must also be made this year to meet the expectations of those who are dissatisfied with present conditions...
...statements below an effort has been made to show the close relation existing between cross-country running and the distance events of the spring intercollegiate meets. Accordingly the records of Harvard and of the winning team in the intercollegiate cross-country run are given along with the records of the same teams in the intercollegiate meets of the same year...
After the close of the skating season in March, a section floor will be laid so that the arena may be used for exhibition purposes. During July and August 110,000 tons of ice a day will be manufactured by the plant...
...total number of votes cast was 297 as against 352 for the same class last year. The balloting for vice-president was very close, Smith receiving only two more votes than Wigglesworth. The votes were cast as follows: for president, R. T. Fisher 124, H. L. Gaddis 115, R. S. Potter 58; for vice-president, L. D. Smith 128; R. B. Wigglesworth 126, J. G. Wiggins 43; for secretary-treasurer, H. deWindt 98, T. Frothingham, Jr., 74, H. L. Groves 63, T. S. Ross...