Word: going
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...First Corps Cadets, and in the 101st and 102nd Field Artillery, having been transferred from the old Battery A. They were not less spirited than their senior officers. A good example is Captain H. Frothingham, commander of Co. F, 104th Infantry. An old football player, he used to go into battle as if he were going into a Yale game. For gallant conduct while under fire, he was promoted to a captaincy. He would have made a success in any army, and there were many other Harvard men just like...
...hoped they will not try to break down the colleges' qualitative standards not to force acceptance even of preparation of good quality in improper subjects. President Lowell points out that the existing "diversity of admission requirements and curricula" is great, and "gives the boy a chance to go to the institution where he will get the maximum education of which he is capable." The youth who simply cannot pass except in a course largely technical or agricultural will find some technical or agricultural institution ready to accept his preparation. But the great body of general colleges cannot surrender their standards...
More men are wanted for both Freshman and University rowing. It is announced that today is the last opportunity for men to go out for University rowing. Those desiring to do so should report at the Newell Boat House at 4 o'clock this afternoon when they will be given a chance to row either on class or boat club crews. Coaching to men in single shells will begin soon, and it is hoped that many men will come out for this branch of rowing...
While the university's place is in the van of progress, her work is advisory not directory. She can maintain her high place only by the careful notice of change and appreciation of conditions. If she is sluggish, men will go elsewhere for their ideals; if she caters too readily to the impatient haste of the day, men will no longer be inspired by her. The importance of keeping their curriculum in complete accord with the temper of the age merits this arduous task before the universities...
...inclement weather of yesterday afternoon the freshmen oarsmen did not go out on the river although three University shells went upstream...