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...order to re-unite the Senior Class before the separation which must come at Commencement, the custom of rooming in the Yard during the last year at college has grown up. The purpose of this is not to force unnatural friendships, for companionship with an uncongenial man can never be engendered by artificial means. But it is based on the fact that the continual contact, even though entirely superficial, which comes from constantly rubbing up against other members of the class tends to produce a distinct Class consciousness. If this end is to be gained, it is essential that...
President Meiklejohn of Amherst has defined a university as an institution "where men may spend four years in the Companionship of dreamers." That is a splendid conception of a college, for it implies close association between faculty and students, which is now the greatest lack at Harvard as well as at other universities...
...Reserve to enable men to run one of these patrol boats in time of war. Since each boat has a crew of only five men, it is possible for a small group of friends to form a unit of their own, and in this way be assured of congenial companionship during the term of training. In case of an actual invasion or war on our shipping no element of our defensive system would be in greater need of being well prepared than the patrol boat squadrons. Many who have found it impossible to join a military organization might find that...
Indifference is manifest in the association between the faculty and the student body. For the most part, there is not a close relationship--as there ought to be--between the student and his professor. Such a close companionship is infinitely desirable; there is no doubt that the indifference hinders its attainment...
...addition to the Glee Club rehearsals which are held in the Common Rooms now, informal entertainments could be arranged by special committees for the purpose of bringing a large number of men together. In fact the Common Rooms are the logical places for Freshmen to gather and enjoy the companionship of their classmates. The right and full use of these obvious aids to class unity will simplify for the Freshmen the problem of becoming acquainted with their classmates...