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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...reason for Coxe's late appearance in the Yale line-up was a lame arm, which is now in excellent condition. His greatest claim for attention lies in his recent feat of holding the Giants to seven hits while his team-mates out-hit the big leaguers...
There are comparatively few changes under Group 3, the greatest number being in the History Department. Courses 26, 20a, 30bhf, 42, 34, 24c hf, 39hf, 20f, 43f, and 10hf have been withdrawn. Three new courses have been added,--A the History of Liberty, to be given by members of the department; 19, The Eastern Question, by Professor Coolidge; and number 17a. Course 16 has been made a full course and A8 has been substituted for 2hf. Instead of 2c and 2b, 2a and 2a hf are now offered. There is one new course in Economics,--17, on Vocational Education...
...stations" for catching the exact time they do so. There is also a very complete system of card indexes, telephone and mailing lists; typical blank forms, ledgers, and account books, and the latest ideas in filing devices. The $10,000 tabulating machine is considered one of the greatest time-savers ever invented; it is not sold, but rented by the year to various organizations. The newest addition to the laboratory is a "stenotype" machine, which is modelled on the plan of a typewriter and takes shorthand automatically. Five different adding machines have also been installed, and besides all the foregoing...
...Harvard than at other colleges--is due not so much to banking interests in the Corporation as to the absence of great scholars in the Faculty. It is the reputation of great teaching which attracts men to the college and which impels students to seek scholastic attainment. The greatest difficulty Harvard now faces is the lack of funds; professors have been asked to accept positions here, in some cases, for $2,000 less than they were getting. Such a situation cannot but keep able men from coming here...
...Chapman's indictment, although well meant, and aimed to correct a deplorable lack of intellectuality, hit upon the wrong cause, and attacked a Corporation which is now trying to remedy our greatest shortcoming...