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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Unsatisfactory though the recent phase of the Club's productions may have been, it was at least nearer maintaining a serious and meritorious drama at Harvard than the latest policy can be. Admitted that the motive of staging dramas for the first time is commendable, and that the box-office approves of the show in syncopated measure, there must be some recourse other than that of this spring. The value of the Club that could give American premieres in the same season of plays by Goldoni and Capek has been immense. It need not descend to a stereotyped school...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CAST-OFF BUSKIN | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

...accord with the new arrangement German and French are placed on a par with Latin so that a student may offer an advanced knowledge of any one of these three to satisfy the requirement of a reading knowledge of one language. This is in line with the evolution from the strict rules of a number of years ago when it was necessary for under-graduates to appear before an examiner and be questioned individually by reading passages of a language text-book and answering questions on them...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LANGUAGE GHOST SUFFERS SETBACK UNDER NEW RULE | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

...accident which occurred in the case of the ill-fated Italia may seem to many just one more reason for condemning the airship as unsafe and impractical, but it is my opinion that, while aviation will never altogether supersede the automobile, the one will eventually supplement the other as a means of travel...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LUNDBORG DISCLAIMS TOO HASTY CENSURE OF NOBILE | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

...While the helicopter makes a nice, little sport machine, I doubt if it will ever be developed as a practical means of eliminating the necessity of a large landing field. Still, things which we thought impossible 20 years ago have now become commonplace, and we really cannot tell what may eventually develop...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LUNDBORG DISCLAIMS TOO HASTY CENSURE OF NOBILE | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

Under the latest rulings an adequately equipped Freshman may now entirely anticipate his English and foreign language requirements. Guided by the rules for concentration and distribution, his four years in college are open for any advanced study that may suit his fancy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE MATURE MIND | 4/2/1929 | See Source »

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