Word: explained
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...worthy of commemoration, but neglect to observe it might have passed by un-noticed. The very spirit in which it was received, however, proves that our lack of old traditions is not due to anything fundamentally opposed to them in the nature of Harvard undergraduates. We must explain it by the fact that a revolt against provincial customs has gone too far, and that in ridiculing many of the seemingly foolish usages of smaller colleges we are over anxious to be free from anything similar. An example of the better sort of tradition is that which some years ago prompted...
...display of rude conduct at Randall Hall borders almost on rowdyism. Randall Hall is, I think, the only place where Harvard men will at times not be regarded as gentlemen. Why such a state of affairs should exist the writer cannot explain...
...what purports to be "a deliberate critical review of Harvard's (athletic) course for twenty years," Mr. Caspar Whitney has sought to explain and comment on the upheaval in our athletics during the past year in the May "Outing," which has just appeared. Had Mr. Whitney taken the trouble to ascertain the facts of the situation more carefully, his opinions as an impartial observer would carry more weight with those of us, at least, who are more or less familiar with conditions. When he says that soon after the Yale football game last fall, the Governing Boards appointed an investigating...
...changes, enclosed in brackets, have chiefly to do with nominations and class meetings. The most important change is that added to section five, allowing petition nominations absolute freedom. The others merely explain matters relating to nomination committees which have before been obscure. The two added sections relate to the notices of meetings and to regulations for governing decisions arrived at in meetings of less than half the class. The whole constitution is given below, the bracketed portions being the new additions...
...changes, enclosed in brackets, have chiefly to do with nominations and class meetings. The most important change is that added to section five, allowing petition nominations, absolute freedom. The others merely explain matters relating to nomination committees which have before been obscure. The two added sections relate to the notices of meetings and to regulations for governing decisions arrived at in meetings of less than half the class. The whole constitution is given below, the bracketed portions being the new additions...