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...Union last night, W. H. Meeker '17 made the first speech of advice to the yearlings. He spoke about the various non-athletic activities in College and the Senior Adviser system. There are lots of other things in College besides athletics. The first thing is Phi Beta Kappa. Next in importance are the various publications. Besides the CRIMSON and Lampoon there are the Advocate, Monthly and the Illustrated, which is the youngest publication in College. Then there is the Musical Review for any who are musically inclined. For those who can sing, there is the Glee Club, and for those...
...dedication of the University's present athletic field; then follows a selection from the essay "Habit," by the late Professor William James '69 in which the necessity of habits without exceptions is emphasized. The other two selections are Dean Briggs' "Mistakes of College Life" and the Phi Beta Kappa poem of 1903, "Mater Fortissima." These little books will probably be distributed some time next week as the gifts of "Six Harvard Graduates in New York...
...business meeting of the Phi Beta Kappa Society last night the following men were elected to represent the Society in the Student Council: C. L. Sherman '17, W. M. Horton '17, W. Silz '17. The first two and R. M. Foster '17 were appointed to serve on the scholarship committee of the Society. At the next meeting the members of the "Junior Eight" will be elected from the names of the twelve highest ranking Juniors in College, together with 22 Seniors who are selected from the names of the 44 highest Seniors, exclusive of those already members of the Society...
...Beta Kappa Society is the oldest of the American college Greek letter societies. The society itself was founded in 1776, and the Harvard branch, known as the Alpha Chapter of Massachusetts, was founded in 1781. The aim of the society is to gather together those men in each class who lead in scholastic attainments, and thereby to stimulate undergraduate interest in intellectual pursuits. The criterion of election is always the candiate's scholarship record...
...Beta Kappa Standard...