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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Harvard clashed with Vassar in a no-decision debate last night in the Lowell House Common Room. The contest ended with the proverbial woman's last word, which in this case was "I don't believe you." The subject was: "Resolved, That women are fitted to serve as jurors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CRIMSON TEAM ARGUES WITH VASSAR DEBATERS | 3/26/1938 | See Source »

Photographs ranging in subject from portraits to Boulder Dam are being exhibited in the Dunster House Common Room. Also on view are examples of microphotography of biological subjects. The exhibition ends on Tuesday...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Photographs Shown in Dunster | 3/26/1938 | See Source »

...English tutor, there is certainly no lack of enthusiasm, which situation graces with practicality the scheme of House Counselors. Nevertheless, it seems plausible that the seven can be of greater service to the Plan by publicizing the when and where of their availability, by holding informal discussions in the common rooms, and by occasionally giving lectures, such as Professor Frankfurter's April talks on Justice Holmes. Easily and rightly they should do more than counsel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOSTING AMERICA | 3/24/1938 | See Source »

...Undergraduates interested in sailing have been invited to attend a first meeting on yachting which will be held tonight in the Adams House Upper Common Room at 7.15 o'clock...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DINGHY SAILORS WILL ORGANIZE YACHT CLUB | 3/23/1938 | See Source »

...open forum held after the speech was transformed from a serious discussion to a state of mild hysteria, when a large bat flew into the Common Room and spent ten hectic minutes circling around the audience before he finally made his escape through an open window...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREAT TO DEMOCRACY IS CITED BY ROOSEVELT | 3/22/1938 | See Source »

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