Word: felted
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Newton '12, and other member of the Freshman crew, besides several members of the upperclass crews who will be available another year as material for the University squad. The loss of F. M. Blagden '09, who has coxswained the University crew for four years, will be heavily felt...
...long been felt that there is altogether too much written work required of the average undergraduate at Harvard College. In some lecture courses, theses are absolutely essential as there is no other method, except the examinations, of testing the students' ability, but in many other courses it does seem that reports and conference papers are crowded on us in too great profusion. The result is a tendency to turn out superficial and hasty work, and in some cases to resort to unfair means. If there could be some reduction of the amount, the standard of scholarship could be kept just...
...movement in the direction of a new Gymnasium has apparently entirely dropped from the attention of the undergraduates. We do not know whether the Corporation is considering the problem; we only hope that it is, for by a decision there we could get something definite done. But it was felt by many that the undergraduates should be the first to act, and that a generous subscription raised by them, although unable to pay for much of the building, would be the proper inspiration for the graduates. In spite of several expressions of this opinion, nothing has been accomplished...
...shown by the list of students enrolled here, but there is still much room to spread and strengthen her reputation and fame. In Europe her lecturers have been received with the greatest respect as representing the highest type of American learning; in the Far East her influence has been felt through the representatives of the Harvard Mission. China has shown her trust in American education and in this University by sending many students to Cambridge, and it seems particularly fitting for Harvard to take a part in the teaching of medicine in that country...
...deeply regrets the obligation imposed upon it of publishing today the definitive refusal of President Eliot to accept the post of Ambassador to the Court of St. James. While forced to concur with the President in his desire for retirement from responsible duties, we cannot help echoing the disappointment felt by his admirers in both countries. No one could have upheld better than he the honor of Harvard and of the American nation, and no one could have been found more worthy of representing their noblest aspirations and ideals...