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...front side of the building, that facing Quincy Street, the Fogg Museum is three stories high, and in the rear it rises four stories. Insofar as it is possible the architects have made a beautiful building, but the exigencies of trying to satisfy practically and beauty were too great, and the builders have compromised by conceding beauty to the front part of the structure and reserving the rear for utility. As a result, the rear, fronting on Prescott Street, is little more than a high wall, with plenty of windows, and quite factory-like in appearance...
...Freshman dormitories, which now house practically every Freshman living in Cambridge, do a great service insofar as they tend to unify the class as no other system could. But the danger is that continual contact among themselves will make Freshmen gregarious. It is the sincere desire of the Student Advisory Committee to make Freshmen feel that they are a part of Harvard College, and not merely a part of the Freshman class...
...began the war. The minutes of the Russian Ministerial Conference of July 24, 1914, indicate that Russia determined on war on that date. The same minutes were interpreted to the contrary by the Associated Press and Current History of a month ago. Unable to brook the ambiguity, at least insofar as Russia is concerned, The Nation has reinterpreted the minutes to affirm Russian guilt...
...policy of your Committee to cultivate and encourage these Sub-Committees, to develop their advisory functions as far as possible, and to support their recommendations on any matter that does not infringe on the general policy of your Committee Insofar as their recommendations affect only the sport in which they act and conform to the general policy of your Committee and the University, your Committee believes these Sub-Committees should have the fullest discretion...
...Insofar as intercollegiate competitions are maintained in any sport they have certain effects upon the conduct of that sport. If our students are to compete with the students of other Universities or Colleges we must make certain that they meet their competitors as equals and with the best chance for success that we can give them. If we compete at all we must do so with an earnest effort and with a full hope for success. Anything less is demoralizing and unfitting. This means that they must be prepared by training and instruction, which will often be more rigorous...