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...July 21, 1865, entitled "A Roll of Students of Harvard College Who Have Served in the Army or Navy During the War of the Rebellion." The rank which a man held at the end of the war was taken in compiling the list; consequently the average standing is much higher than it would have been if the lists had been compiled on the basis of the rank held at the time of enlistment. As the roll included only students of the College proper, whether graduated or not, a large number of the students of the various professional schools attached...
...second application, also open only to Seniors, will close on May 26. Any number of tickets may be secured, but the prices will be higher. 1917 CLASS DAY COMMITTEE...
...teaching force is seriously overworked. In 1899-1900 there were 36 students to a teacher. In 1915-16 there were 61. Owing to increase of students, even with the higher standards set, there are today 72 students to each teacher, while in the College the ratio is 18 to one and in the Medical School five to one. These figures show the need of a large endowment to provide more teachers. That the officers of the school should carry burdens sufficient, as in Dean Thayer's case, to cause a complete breakdown, should not be expected, by the profession...
...present we are so pressed for men that new men will have to receive the greater part of their training while in service. Each man will, if he has the necessary qualifications, receive the opportunity of promotion to the rank of ensign or to a higher position...
Those men who end their study of law now may not be so wise in precedent as those who continue the logical courses of their careers. But they will be partisans of a higher law, pleading before a court of last appeals for the cause of liberty. They will be less skilled jurists. They will be no less good lawyers...