Word: existing
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...know that such a condition continues to exist. How many of us have been advised to take certain courses "because of the personality of the instructor. Professor -- is a great man and you ought to know him." But how many times in such a case do we ever approach closer than the restrictions of the lecture hall allow? The superiority of the larger universities is due to the fact that their greater resources enable them to obtain men who are at once efficient teachers and intellectual leaders. Seldom, however, do we make use of this advantage which Harvard possesses...
...great. Rooming places to suit means and tastes of every description are available. On the whole this large choice is desirable, but in the past it has proved a pitfall for many sub-freshmen. In view of the Freshman dormitories this condition is, of course, transitory but will certainly exist for several years to come. The College sends to prospective students a circular containing merely descriptions and prices of the rooms in its own buildings; and apparently it is not to its interest to mention other dormitories...
...Cannon believed that the new Postal Savings Banks should succeed, for they are needed. They can exist without friction with the national banks, just as state banks have done...
...Varsity Club was perhaps deplored, but its necessity was denied by none. The Union could not devote more space to athletics and the Training Table Room was obviously inadequate. In the future, although the new Varsity Club will be quite distinct from the Union, the close connection that should exist between the interests and spirit of the two organizations will be fostered...
...found impossible to obtain a quorum and nothing was done. The result is that pure inertia and a fine disregard of duty on the part of the representative men making up the Council prevented the body from perpetuating itself, and, under its constitution, it has ceased to exist...