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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...used to carry messages from Prof. Hurlbut to such students at Harvard as were in the bad books of the administrative forces. I have not the least doubt that Terry would remember my name and class as well. It was his boast that he forgot the face of no one who ever matriculated at the university. The trouble is that Terry remembers far too much. He knows, I feel certain, my mark in French was A. and when I went on probation and why. In fact, I would not put it above his marvelous memory to retain the unimportant information...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 3/24/1928 | See Source »

...face of Dean Hanford's figures and the long recognized problem of the two factors--the real and the "gentleman" student--it may be safely supposed that the next step in education is logically the official recognition of the gap. This conclusion is based upon the hypothesis that every man who takes his studies seriously and spends the requisite amount of time on them should be capable of attaining at least a high C average. If this statement sounds too startling in view of the number of men on probation and those who maintain a precarious low C level...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEVER THE TWAIN SHALL MEET | 3/23/1928 | See Source »

...poetry of dropkicking, proved more than anything else that the Stadium proposal had not excited the Harvard graduates of the future. It is a matter that has deeply agitated some loyal alumni, and more and more appears to be of exclusive interest to the graduates. The Corporation can now face the question squarely, as Mr. Withington put it last night: Is football primarily a game for the undergraduates to play, or a spectacle for loyal, returning alumni to enjoy? Underlying all the arguments was that question, the old problem of the proper relation of football to the life...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD INDIFFERENCE | 3/21/1928 | See Source »

These productions are frivolous and shinful: Funny Face, Show Boat, Good News, A Connecticut Yankee, Manhattan Mary, Take the Air, Keep Shufflin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Plays in Manhattan: Mar. 19, 1928 | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

...University polo team will meet the Pennsylvania Military College horsemen Tuesday night in New York City, in the first round of the indoor intercollegiates. At the same time Yale will face Princeton. Harvard is favored in the first round, and is expected to enter the finals as a strong contestant, probably against Yale, on Saturday night. Yale has defeated Princeton once before during the season, 18 to 7, and is expected to have little trouble in putting down the Tiger riders a second time...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY HORSEMEN WILL PLAY IN INTERCOLLEGIATES | 3/19/1928 | See Source »

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