Word: generalities
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After a thorough investigation the CRIMSON has found that the position of the Faculty is based upon no specific injuries to scholarship by intercollegiate athletics, but upon the general feeling ("vague generalities" being objected to) that the undergraduate mind is too pre-occupied, too prone to dwell upon punts, hurdles, and three-base hits, instead of upon problems of social ethics...
...traditional "college" song no longer seems to thrive at Harvard. This appears particularly at class smokers and similar gatherings, where the repertoire is usually limited to a few football songs and a confused rendering of "General Grant" or perhaps the "Stein Song." Other than these there is a noticeable lack of the "good song ringing clear." Energy that might well be expended in becoming familiar with words and parts is squandered in a primitive attempt to drown out one discord with another...
Both subscriptions are open indefinitely, because of the steady demand for aid in Chelsea, and when an appreciable amount is collected, the fund will be handed over to Lee, Higginson & Co., to form part of the general fund...
...CRIMSON'S columns to show the strength of undergraduate sentiment on the athletic question. For several days we have withheld editorial comment in order to give the University a chance to express itself. Thus far the arguments against athletic curtailment have been well stated, but by necessity very general. The CRIMSON still believes that the Faculty, and not the Athletic Committee, must be the object of our appeals. If the Committee believes that the Faculty has been influenced by the arguments, it may see fit to disregard the recommendations. If the Faculty is still firm in its opinion, the Committee...
...member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, and finally speaker, and is an important candidate for Lieutenant Governor next year. Mr. Washburn entered the second year of the Law School in 1891 and was admitted to the bar in 1892. In this, his first year in the Massachusetts General Court, he has proved to be one of the Commonwealth's most promising lawyers...