Word: commenting
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Although nothing but favorable comment has been heard on the proposal to publish the names of men who have been found guilty of speculating in football tickets, the Athletic Committee still hangs fire. No one doubts the effectiveness of such a step in checking this abominable violation of a Harvard man's privilege, and most of us are agreed that it is the only way to forestall future offenses. The chief objection of the Athletic Committee has been the fear of doing injustice to men whose names have been forged, or who have been guilty only of carelessness in disposing...
...word of advice and warning to Seniors on the matter of subscriptions to the 1908 class fund may save a great deal of unnecessary trouble and comment later on. Large classes such as are turned out each year require a very considerable fund in order that the income may be sufficient to meet expenses...
...glad to learn that another crew race has been arranged with Cornell. Unfounded newspaper comment had given an impression, even in the minds of those who should have known better, that these respected rivals were to be omitted from our rowing schedule this year. Although these reports were promptly denied, it is gratifying to learn that the race is now a certainly, and that we are to have an opportunity of repaying the hospitality that was shown our athletes and musicians in Ithaca last year...
...Gordon '81, an Overseer and Preacher to the University, has written the following comment on the new Theological Review...
...written with distinct artistic truth. The last sentence, presumably meant to mitigate the horror, means nothing. There is also, by A. E. Manheimer, '09, one football story which is a rather vague attempt at character drawing. The two bits of verse are not noteworthy. The articles deserving of comment are the Editorial and Varied Outlooks. The first draws its theme from Mr. Wister's remarks, and then goes on to discuss the college career. The conclusion is dark College is a place to "broaden one's mind" but not through ineffectual pecking at all sorts of unrelated things...