Word: interest
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Crimson invites all men in the University to submit signed communications of timely interest. It assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed under this head and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate...
...races will be of especial interest, as they will give the coaches an excellent opportunity to size up the prospects for next spring's Freshman eight...
Accompanied by General Coleman du Pont, President Maclaurin has recently conducted a two weeks' tour of the Middle West, visiting Cleveland, Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis and other important cities in the interest of the fund. They have made addresses in eleven or more places...
...cast in the elections of last Tuesday are a sad commentary on the spirit of the three upper classes in the College. From a registration of 276 in the Senior Class, only 56 votes were cast, showing that four-fifths of the members of that class either take no interest whatever in their representation on the Student Council or are too lazy to go to the polls. In 1921, with a total registration of 553, only 126 ballots were cast, and in 1922, with a class enrolment of 672, only 207 ballots. Added to these numbers the 272 unclassified...
Such a disgraceful lack of interest in class affairs must surely arouse the indignation of all undergraduates. Whether the fault lies in the method of nomination by outgoing class officers and supplementary nominations by petition, or inherently in Harvard students, let it be remedied immediately. If nominations in a general class convention would be better, let the change be made; if a system of having candidates named and seconded in primaries, thinned out by direct voting on the convention ballot, and four or five successful names placed on the final, ballot, would prevent such a shameful showing as on Tuesday...