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...oldest University in the land, Harvard has perhaps the fewest traditions. Probably that is for the best, for this University has always stood for freedom of thought and action. But certain observances which exert an unconscious influence upon all who live under them are not inconsistent with true freedom. When opportunities for these arise, let us not be ashamed to display an interest in them, whether the interest is prompted by mere sentiment or by a deeper realization of that which lies behind the public expression...
...during the first term, the advent of the Freshman class with its attendant complications, and "The Game." The space assigned to the hour examinations is relative to their importance--as interpreted by the jester. Of the three numbers that have thus far appeared, the last issue has perhaps the fewest jokes that are not worth the time demanded of both writer and reader...
...intercollegiate cross country run held at Morris Park, New York, on Wednesday afternoon. By the method of scoring, points are counted against each college according to the relative order in which the first four men of its team finish, among all competitors, and the college against which fewest points are charged wins the meet. Against Cornell 24 points were scored; against Yale, 30; against Pennsylvania, 53; against Harvard, 59; and against Princeton and Columbia, 75 and 111, respectively. A. C. Bowen, of Pennsylvania, made the best individual record, finishing in 35 minutes flat, after a very close and exciting race...
...plot of "A Spool of Thread" by Forbes Watson, seems a bit trivial, the story is well told, with good detail and imagination. The best part of "The Sea," by A. P. Wadsworth, is the straightforward style in which it is told. A clean setting is made in the fewest possible words and the story is free from interruptions...
...unexpected strength of Harvard's centre was one of the surprises of the game. This was conceded the weakest point in the Harvard line, yet this was the place where Yale made the fewest gains...