Word: elementally
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...affords an absorbing pastime for a free afternoon but is too complicated for treatment here. At any rate the whole situation boils down to the fact that men will in effect be required to take a large majority of their meals in the Houses or lose money. This unavoidable element of compulsion is in itself contrary to an ancient Harvard policy and is bound to arouse opposition from all those who prize this tradition of individualism and non-interference as something almost unique in American education...
...soon as several of the new House units have attained actual, in place of prospective existence, Harvard is going to be faced with an enlargement and reorganization of intra-mural sports. Incidentally the House system ought to revitalize intra-mural athletics in furnishing them with the vigorous competitive element they so badly need at present. But however this may be, the problem of coaching the House athletic groups is going to be of great importance. And it seems to me that Harvard can profit materially by the experience of her parent university, both as to what might be imitated...
Squash, being of necessity an indoor game, is undergoing some radical changes in the university courts. An inadequate roof and the traditionally wet New England fall have introduced an aquatic element which has proven to be quite upsetting to the conservatives in the game. Under the present arrangements, several advantageously placed gaps in the roof have provided water hazards on the courts of no mean proportions...
...Jordan Hall Sunday, is native to the State of California, and, to emphasize this fact, is dressed in bright costumes of Spanish origin, which are not particularly appropriate to the occasion or the program. With a few changes to a less jarring and more dignified color scheme this element of the entertainment could be made an organic and pleasing part of the performance...
...prospect might well seem ominous to us who love the old times and associations, were it not for the great step which has just been taken in the Housing Plan. Here has come a new element which promises to preserve the College--not only preserve it-but vivify and strengthen...