Word: closer
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...class are obvious. One dean, in a college the size of Harvard, has not time to keep in touch with everyone, and can only deal with such men as are on probation or near the line. With an increased number of deans, however, every man would be brought into closer contact with the College Office, and a sympathy between the men and the Faculty, which does not now exist, would spring up. A step in the right direction was taken by the appointment of a Freshman dean, and it is to be hoped that before long the Faculty will...
...degree of Associate in Arts, and the development of the exchange professorships, form a fairly complete list of the most significant educational innovations of less than two years' activity. Closely allied with these achievements are the projected chemistry buildings, the dedication of the new Dental School, and a closer relation for mutual benefit between Harvard and the municipal authorities of Cambridge. Every one of these institutions is worthy of the highest praise, particularly the altered entrance requirements and the modification of the elective system. Both will exert a very direct beneficial influence: the first will at once open Harvard...
...seems to be the common talk that spring practice is of value only to the coaches and captain, but every moment spent in practice will bring the Harvard team so much closer to Yale's goal line. The essentials of a modern football player are, briefly: to run, tackle, interfere, kick, pass, and catch. Each year the team has been handicapped by men who could not do some of these simple things. The only way Harvard can hope to attain a proper degree of proficiency is to work and practice until the various required rudiments can be done well...
...desire of the club, which is composed of prominent men of the city, to bring Cambridge and the University into more cordial relations. After the dinner, H. M. Williams '85 read the report of the committee which, in conjunction with a Faculty committee, drew up the plans for closer connection between city and University, which were made public last Saturday. In addition to these provisions, three suggestions were made: first, that the club have as its guests at an annual dinner the high scholars of the Sophomore class; second, that the members of the club become better acquainted with...
...endeavor to bring the University into closer relations with the city of Cambridge, it was voted by the Corporation of the University to make the following proposition to the citizens: first, all Cambridge boys who come from high schools, and whose parents are unable to pay the tuition fee, are to be exempt from it during Freshman year; second, subject to the approval of the Dean of the Summer School, rates charged in the Summer School shall be reduced for all Cambridge teachers; third, all University athletic fields in Cambridge are to be offered as playgrounds for the children...