Word: hand
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...perfectly valid excuses, could not be explained to the many friends who would see the marks. These statements are all perfectly true. There would undoubtedly be at first a great deal of unjust criticism on the part of outsiders who knew nothing of existing circumstances. But, on the other hand, there is strong reason to believe that there would be a decided stimulus to better College work. The whole question, then, resolves itself into this simple form; is not the sacrifice of enduring a certain amount of unjust criticism a cheap price to pay for a very considerable elevation...
...enough and quite contrary to the usual state of affairs in corporate bodies, the treasurers of undergraduate classes in Harvard do not make public the condition of class finances. Assessments are laid on members of a class, money is received and spent for dinners, smokers, and other purposes, treasurers hand over their accounts and funds to their successors as each annual election comes along; but the body of the class is never admitted to the secrets of the exchequer. This is not as it should be. Secrecy is not desirable, whether it cover up conditions of health or sickness...
...first place, it seems a little curious that with the advantages of two of the best galleries in America close at hand, the historical side of Fine Arts is not more emphasized. Would it not be surprising if the English department gave only six courses on English literature? And yet English literature holds very much the same relation toward English composition as the history of art holds toward freehand drawing...
Business in the past has not been as favorably recognized as its merits have warranted. For centuries there has been intense rivalry between privilege on the one hand and business and trade on the other, and business always has been greatly depreciated. There has been, however, from the beginning a slow but steady social evolution, and business has gained some of the prestige that rightly belongs...
...names of all Freshmen who, unless excused on account of sickness, have not filled out their course of study blanks in time to reach Professor C. P. Parker, the chairman of the Committee on Choice of Electives, by the first mail this morning, will be handed to Assistant Dean Castle and each man will be summoned for an explanation. It is likely, however, that three days of grace will be given to men with a reasonable excuse. Any man failing to hand in the blank before 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon will be placed on probation, unless he has been...