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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...other man who might possibly intend to hold a meeting on the same date. This applies principally to occasions which draw large numbers, but the difficulty is equally great for men who are in charge of small functions, such as Freshman receptions or small class dinners, and who often find that their guests give preference to a more important engagement...
...concise logic he shows the folly of adapting a method of rejoicing over athletic victories to an occasion so sacred as the birth of our founder. We understand that some men may feel above such a childish display of animal spirits, but we scan the communication in vain to find an adequate alternative. True, the writer suggests that the Faculty should have planned academic ceremonies which would conform to the dignity of the anniversary, but this the Faculty refused to undertake. If they had, it would, indeed, have required a fertile imagination to devise a program which would have enlisted...
...authorities has not been so encouraging. Tennis courts have made their appearance on Soldiers Field and so restricted the available ground for scrub athletics that Leiter cup baseball, which in 1906 gave exercise and amusement to 200 men, had to be abandoned. Last year the cricket team could not find grounds to play on. There is plenty of unimproved land on Soldiers Field, but as yet we have heard of no steps taken toward making it available for use. It is hard to believe that the importance of a prompt payment of the debt on the Stadium is greater than...
...Saturday, but only by the score of 6 to 0. The playing of the University team was fairly encouraging, on the whole, when the fact is taken into consideration that the team is still in a very unsettled condition, due to many petty injuries and the necessary experiments to find suitable linemen to fill the places of Osborne and Kersburg of last year's team. Although many of the men are being tried out in new positions from day to day, the team is slowly rounding into shape...
...Lane '81, president of the Harvard Memorial Society. A committee consisting of the four undergraduate class presidents and the officers of the Memorial Society with a few representative undergraduates, was forthwith formed. Plans for a formal pageant were given up because the committee was unable to find any one to write a suitable piece. It is hoped that some eminent speaker may be secured for the formal part of the celebration. Another meeting of the committee will be held next week when more definite arrangements for the celebration will be made...