Word: interests
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...clock. J. C. Bills '09, A. S. Ford Sp., St. J. Perret '10, and B. S. Van Rensselaer '10 have been retained from the trials and will compete in the finals tonight. Each contestant will make an original ten-minute speech on any subject whatever, preferably one of University interest...
...invite all men in the University to submit communications on subjects of timely interest...
...question has decided to abolish basketball as an intercollegiate sport at Harvard College. The Student Council came to the same conclusion some time ago, and recommended the step to the Committee. The many causes for abolition have been reviewed at some length in these columns. Lack of interest among the undergraduates and the players, the character of the game itself, the poor facilities at the Hemenway Gymnasium, and the continued unsuccess of the University teams were the leading reasons. The last will undoubtedly be considered by many as the most potent. Although perhaps there would have been no abolition...
...basketball as an intercollegiate sport in Harvard College. Although the reasons which governed this decision of the Athletic Committee were not incorporated in a minute, it is generally understood that such a decision was reached on account of the ill success of the sport at Harvard, the lack of interest among the players and undergraduates, the poor facilities for the sport, and the fact that, as an indoor sport, it is not considered physically beneficial...
...practical helpfulness for the series in discussing "The Consular Service as a Profession." He holds the encouraging opinion that a return to the spoils system is "too remote to prevent any ambitious young man from fitting himself for the office of consul." Coming directly to the point of interest to college men, he tells how to become a candidate for consular examinations, what posts beginners may obtain, and what hopes of advancement they may cherish...