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Arrangements are being made to serve pasteurized milk inspected by state authorities at both Memorial and Randall Halls. This will mean that the price per glass of milk at Randall Hall will have to be raised one cent, and that at Memorial Hall milk will be served by the glass when requested, instead of being on each table in large pitchers. The change was unanimously voted by the undergraduate members of the Harvard Dining Council...
...with his friend Captain Goodlack. Bess goes to Foy and acts as mistress of the tavern. Among the gallants whom her beauty has attracted, is a bully named Roughman. Disguised as a page, Bess tries the courage of Roughman and finds him to be a coward. Spencer, in the mean-while, has been wounded in a duel and, thinking that he is about to die, commands Goodlack to go back to England and, if he finds Bess still faithful, to give her a legacy of 500 pounds a year. Goodlack, thinking Spencer dead, leaves Fayal for England. Spencer, however...
...primary object of speaking is to persuade. The orator is measured by his power to do this rather than by his power to please. There are two things essential to persuasion: the speaker must know what he is talking about, and he must mean what he says. Eloquence is the speech from heart to heart; a man must be moved in order to move others. If a man knows his subject and is sincere, he cannot fall to be an effective speaker. Clearness, which is a great aid to forceful speaking, aims at stating a truth so plainly that...
...bells. Men will be on hand in the Cage to see that no one shirks. These exercises are required to develop alertness and decision which are so necessary in a dependable baseball player. A man who is irregular in, or indifferent to attendance, will be dropped. Regular attendance will mean regular coaching and will bring the team to a uniform standard, so that the players will get together, and have that invaluable asset, team-play...
...union of the Senior class in the Yard. Students of condition Harvard have been unanimous in their approval of President Lowell's new plan for first year men. To have the whole Senior class rooming together in the Yard is the logical complement of this system. It will mean that the work begun in the Freshman year is rounded out and made permanent in the Senior year...