Word: fours
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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This fact is strikingly shown by the increase from four degrees awarded to men summa cum laude last year to twenty this year. In the same way the number of Ph.D.s has increased showing a similar trend in the graduate schools. President Lowell can well be proud of the Harvard he has brought to what the ancient Greeks would have called a state of "happiness." Harvard also, can well be proud of the leader under whose vigorous, yet quiet direction, she has attained such pleasant heights...
There are certain phases of every person's life which become disconnected, and for the college graduate the four years spent in getting an education represent the most striking example of this. After graduation a class inevitably breaks up and many close friendships die never to be renewed. And yet in later years when the Yard is merely a memory and the football teams is the only thing he hears about the graduate still retains a sincere feeling of appreciation to the institution that guided his steps for four years...
Howard Whitmore '29 still ranks as the dean of the pitching staff. He has played in 13 games and is credited with eight wins and two losses besides one 18 inning tie. W. H. MacHale '31 is second, with four wins and two losses while W. K. Page '31, the southpaw find of the 1929 season should see action in the series which starts today...
...that every boy who comes to Harvard is somebody's boy, and if we believe in athletic exercise then we should endeavor to provide it for every boy who wants it. Last fall we had five football games with Yale, this spring we are having eight crew races and four baseball games. In other words, we are extending to more students the privilege of meeting our rival, Yale. We have been able to accomplish this with the outdoor games because of the splendid facilities which are offered at Soldiers Field, the land behind the new Business School, Jarvis Field...
...Almost four months will have elapsed between that March meet and the international meet when the English athletes compete in the Stadium, and Coach E. L. Farrell of Harvard and George Connors of Yale may well calculate that the Englishmen will improve those marks...