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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...faculty restrictions the annual Yale-Annapolis race had to be omitted this spring, and for the same reason the navy will be prevented from entering the Poughkeepsie regatta in June. These conditions make the Harvard race of unusual importance to the cadets, and this interest, coupled with the fact that their crew is better prepared than Harvard to row a two-mile race, gives them at least an even chance of winning on the twenty-second...
...very anxious to collect before the vacation the sum of $1500, required for the portrait of Dean Shaler, and therefore again asks every man to take advantage of this privilege and contribute at once. Three dollars is the average amount required from each man, but, owing to the fact that there will probably be several who do not subscribe, all those who can, should be willing to give more...
...himself has just said, "is the only university in the country organized on a true university basis." And the strength of our university basis is increased by the organization of this new school, which is among the first recognitions on the part of the leading educators of the fact that business is a career that demands a practical preparation, and that in the zeal for skilled professions its importance should not for a moment be lost sight...
...true aim of the Office has always been to give free aid to students seeking work, and to spread the Harvard influence, through Harvard men, all over the world. That it has been successful in the past year is shown by the fact that its appointees are distributed over 31 states and 8 foreign countries...
...fallacy to imagine that, by a total abolition of intercollegiate contests for a period of five months, the standards of scholarship will be raised. It is an obvious fact that men playing on teams have more incentive to keep off probation than others...