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Francis Barton Gummere, Haverford's English scholar (remembered by Christopher Morley): "As far as the battle of learning goes, we were pacifists-conscientious objectors. . . . It was his way to pretend that we knew far more than we did; so with perfect courtesy and gravity, he would ask our opinion...
Initial function in the regular "opening days" series of receptions following the table-hopping marathon of registration and the brain-curdling exemption and placement examinations, will be in the form of oral crystal-gazing by members of the University's Administration and Faculty, in an effort to give new students...
The fall term estimate of 5800 was broken down as follows: 4500 upperclassmen, including Harvard veterans back from leave of absence, plus 1300 Freshmen, including men previously accepted by the College who now hold "tickets of admission," new non-Harvard veteran Freshmen, and regular non-veteran Freshmen entering from secondary...
Men now in their last year of secondary schools who have been accepted by the College will be advised to wait until the fall before entering, on the theory that it is better for a class to enter as a unit. The fate of this ruling now lies, according to...
Both Gummere and Delmar Leighton '10, dean of Freshmen, said that preliminary surveys indicate veterans are making scholastic records equal with or better than those of other students. "This is contrary to the view advanced some time ago, that veterans would have to take it easy in school after coming...