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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Excellent rowing by several of the reorganized Freshman crews, notably the new first crew, marked the opening day of practice under the new arrangements yesterday. The first eight was sent up the Charles on a long row, but returned working as smoothly as an ordinary late spring boat. Lack of cohesion and team work, however, marked the work of some of the lower crews...
...March issue of the Atlantic Monthly, Paul V. West, Assistant Professor of English in the University of Wisconsin, asks the question: "What do college students know?" and answers it by saying that they lack of distressing amount of knowledge of simple facts supposed to be in common parlance. To substantiate his assertion he presents the following results of an information test given to a group of students chosen at random...
...while six more assert it to be a fish, three a lizard, and one, no doubt thinking of the strangling powers (choke) of a boa constrictor, claims it as denoting a snake we cannot help but wonder in what world these sixteen per cent receive their information--or lack of it." And of especial interest to Harvard men is the following quotation from the article...
...most important cause for hostility to Harvard in certain localities. Part of this difficulty may be due to carelessness on the part of the Athletic Association. The main reason, however, for the impression of unfriendliness which is often received by visitors here is not due to any lack of hospitality, but to the present club customs and rules which prevent the frequent use of their houses for the reception of visitors. At most other colleges, strangers are put up over night or for meals at the best clubs, and obtain a favorable impression of the life at that college...
...puppy love of a youthful Yale graduate; she almost yields to a believer in free love, but doesn't; ultimately she marries a man who knows what is really the inspiring force of this world--love. At the same time, her mother and father, after being separated because of lack of expression of love, further exemplify the principle by becoming reconciliated. Finally, her radical sister and "red" husband decide to keep house, although they don't believe in it--but Mary thinks they are led to it because of love. In all three themes of the book Miss Kelley tries...