Word: evils
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Bulletin fears they are undemocratic; and, dearest of all objections, they are looked upon as the tombstones of Harvard individualism. But criticism or no criticism, the dormitories stand by the river in extremely solid and tangible form, and are to be occupied next fall. Their possibilities for good or evil have been pretty thoroughly thrashed out, so that we understand the pros and cons and have formed our opinions. We can argue and argue on them without affecting their course beyond a few details; and we can wear holes in the threadbare subject of their potential influence on individualism, accomplishing...
...wonder, in view of the elaborate apparatus and severe regimen of training required for modern college athletic competition, that participation in athletics is confined to those who have some chance of becoming first rank men in some one line. It is an evil incident to high specialization that the average man is ruled out. That it is an evil to have college athletics restricted to the few possibilities of winners any advocate of athletics as a wholesome phase of college activity will agree...
...Harvard News" we are on familiar ground in Mr. Nelson's interesting and sensible account of the pernicious distortion of University news by the newspapers. The concrete examples will open the eyes of those whose knowledge of the evil has been vague. The article is a strong plea for the great good that might be done by a Harvard Press Club...
Until a few weeks ago there had been a great deal of complaint about the bad ventilation of Appleton Chapel, particularly on Sunday; but the evil has been removed by the simple expedient of starting the ventilating fans a little early, so that the air is fresh when the audience enters, while the fans are called upon only to keep it fresh as fast as consumed. We should suggest that a similar remedy be called into action in other halls, so that we may have a happy medium between a sleepy stuffiness and a chilly draft...
...field during a game, and Yale has expressed its willingness to enforce the same rule in its contest with Princeton. The idea is, that with the coach directing the play from the bench, the contest is rather between coaches than teams. Whether this idea is correct, and whether the evil, if it exists, could be remedied by removing the coach to the grand stand will not be discussed here; it is merely interesting to see what stand Harvard will take in the matter. Last year the Athletic Committee considered the matter, and the Baseball Advisory Committee took it up this...