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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Music had had a hard time in finding its way into academic recognition in this country. It was not until the scholarly influence of the late Professor John Knowles Paine became felt that it began to find its due place in college curriculums. It is to Professor Paine that Harvard in a great measure owes its Department of Music and the encouragement of the study and practice of music in the University. The Musical Union was formed in 1906 for the express purpose of perpetuating Professor Paine's influence and establishing a permanent memorial to him, and the activity...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PIERIAN SODALITY, | 5/22/1908 | See Source »

...morning at 7 o'clock. In most instances the College authorities have allowed the students to regulate their personal habits in their own way, but in this case there is a notorious exception. The mode of life at the University has so changed in recent years that most students find no occasion whatever for rising before 8 o'clock. Why, then, should those who live within sound of this bell be subjected to a continual annoyance? The 7 o'clock clang performs no conceivable useful function and only serves to add a useless discomfort to the list that already prevails...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE SEVEN O'CLOCK BELL. | 5/11/1908 | See Source »

Several experiments have been made to find a man to till Perkins's place at 3 in the Freshman boat. Whitney was tried for a few days, then Oveson was put in, and Peabody rowed that position yesterday. The Freshmen are powerful, and their slide work is good, but otherwise they still show roughness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ROWING FOR CLASS REGATTA | 5/7/1908 | See Source »

Everyone who wishes to find out the exact conditions of the competition should see Coach Haughton or Captain Burr at practice...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOOTBALL KICKING CONTEST | 5/5/1908 | See Source »

...blow at intercollegiate athletics. This unfortunate controversy, that is doing Harvard so much harm throughout the country, must be stopped now! There is but one way in which this can be done and Professor Lowell has named the text: "The Faculty, the undergraduates, and those recently graduated must find a common ground, which will be the right...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ARBITRATION. | 5/4/1908 | See Source »

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