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...middle of the Senior year, Seniors do not know the names and deserts of the men prominent enough to be nominated for marshalships, such Seniors have by this ignorance forfeited their right to vote on such an important matter. And the candidate who permits electioneering, and by electioneering I mean the presentation of one candidate's qualifications at the expense of another's, forfeits his right to represent his class. When seven men are nominated for one office, it is manifestly an easy matter for a ticket to overthrow the general will of a class. There are not two parties...
...life, it would be a very delightful one, because of this close contact. The boys are there leaning upon you morally, intellectually, socially, in a way that they do not among the older boys, and especially as they do not in our colleges and universities. I do not mean to say that I exalt that dependence, that I feel that there is a great advantage in keeping boys dependent. I realize that the work of the teachers is to make boys independent of them as rapidly as possible, to withdraw themselves just as rapidly as possible from their lives, that...
...mean to speak particularly of the relation that exists between pupil and teacher in our colleges, between members of the teaching force, and members of the student body. You, of course, look upon us as people who lie over on the other side of a barrier. You look upon us as people set in authority, more or less interfering with your occupations in undergraduate days, imposing tasks upon you, which perhaps we have a legal right to do, yet you feel that you would be better if we did not interfere. But in such an attitude you are losing...
...whole, Mr. Clews spoke of that particular branch of socialistic program known as municipal ownership. In the United States the political system is so different from that of other nations that socialism is precluded. All has been accomplished by the individual effort of her citizens. Socialism would mean unlimited graft and corruption in our polities...
...death of Professor Charles Gross ends twenty-one years of steadfast devotion to Harvard University. His labor was unremitting even in illness, when his great fortitude banished discouragement and inspired him to continue his splendid service. Thorough as was his scholarship, his genius was by no means purely academic. As a writer, he achieved fame in no mean degree; as an editor of important histories, his work was of immeasurable value; as a teacher he was admired and respected. His name stands high on the long list of men who have brought honor to Harvard...