Word: closer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...these times when alumni are working more and more for their colleges and the relationship between graduate and University is consequently becoming closer and closer, such an experiment as Yale's is observed with interest and its success noted. An Alumni University Day, working toward co-operation, the end of the Commencement Reunions, yet filling a different and a valuable place, should grow in popularity...
...race between the University and Technology long distance teams was much closer than the other. Fox, the first man for Technology jumped into the lead against J. R. Abbott '14, the latter passing him at the end of the relay and giving H. G. MacLure '15 a lead of two yards. MacLure increased the gap on Benson, giving E. P. Stone '15 a five yard lead over C. T. Guething of Technology. The latter set a terrific pace which he was, however, unable to maintain. Stone had no trouble in starting W. J. Bingham '16 with a five yard advantage...
...studied in the light of the present and great ideas in the light of immediate service. The curriculum can make only partial response; courses may extend further into the present; some may treat of the most recent developments of society; but still there remains a demand for closer connection with the outside world. We are inevitably condemned, for four years, to be onlookers, watching the current of events, but observations may be made constant and more intelligent...
Lastly, to those who succeed in the competition, is given the opportunity for newspaper experienced; for a still closer association with undergraduate activities, a still broader conception of Harvard, the University, and a still more thorough and valuable training in discipline and organization; and the opportunity for service to the University--internally, as the paper itself can be of service, and externally as a part of the system by which the University's news is dispensed...
...Brown Union is to bring into closer touch than would otherwise be possible all Brown men,--undergraduates, faculty, and alumni. It is managed by undergraduate officers and committees, together with a graduate secretary and graduate board, and its policies are shaped with the purpose of effecting a better and stronger Brown spirit. Membership is open to all past and present members of the university. Practically eight-five per cent, of the undergraduates and a large number of alumni, both in Providence and out of the city, are members. Membership in the Union for undergraduates and active membership for graduates...