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...cannot be legally done is a question which the Supreme Court is soon to decide, but whatever the outcome Harvard has given an example of disinterestedness and whole-souled devotion to the general cause of education that has few equals. At a time when there is the keenest rivalry among American universities for the largest endowments, the largest number of students, and the greatest variety of departments, Harvard has shown that she can place quality above quantity and the general interests of education ahead of those of a particular institution. It is hardly too much to say that...
...Those who have been fortunate enough to squeeze in once always return to the next of his evenings, followed by a host of expectant friends. "Copey's" readings have become an integral part of Harvard's cultural background. They are among the pleasantest memories of graduates and the keenest expectation of undergraduates. As preparation for the Christmas spirit there could be nothing better than to hear him at the Union tonight...
...interclass and interdormitory races are the special features of the meet and in the former event there is always the keenest rivalry. Last year the class of 1917 defeated 1916 in the final race, but the Seniors are out for revenge this season...
Miss George, explaining her offer yesterday, said, "Although I make the offer generally, I expect the keenest response from the larger universities where dramatic departments are already established. Professor G. P. Baker at Harvard takes students with dramatic instinct and develops that talent in his English 47. Yale and Columbia have similar courses, I believe, and Syracuse University has begun one within the past few months. Steps have been taken in the same direction at the University of Minnesota and other institutions. I have been greatly interested in these attempts to encourage intelligent consideration of playwriting among students. Harvard seems...
...apparently unknown. The weaker sex is subject to slandering remarks whose sole aim is to fill a gap in the conversation. When the talk wanders to the war, someone says "I hope those damned ------ get licked," and the subject is closed. Even on athletics where the interest is keenest, desultory remarks and blasphemies on Yale are the main element. Interspersing everything are biting personalities on another's physical or mental qualities. A tone of affected cynicism crowns the whole...