Word: mens
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...considerations should be in the minds of Seniors today in voting for the Class and Class Day officers. The first is that those men should be rewarded with offices who have in the past three and a half years done most for the class and for the College; the second is that the offices should go to the men best capable of doing the work required...
Every one of the nominees has had a more or less prominent part in the activities of the College. They have done their tasks partly, in some cases wholly, for the honor of Harvard without thought of personal glory. Men take up the extra-curriculum work for their interest in it, but to do it well requires unselfish devotion and often means the sacrifice of other more pleasant things. To have been nominated for class office is in itself a mark of recognition; and to be elected is the highest reward that the class can give for work well done...
...part of the officers elected today will have life tenure, others only through this year; but the duties of all the places are important and need the services of the best men. There is no other criterion of fitness than the work that the candidates have done here as undergraduates. Their qualities have been tried as thoroughly as such tasks can test the calibre of a man. The men are known personally or by reputation to most members of the class; there ought to be no cases in which lack of knowledge about the nominees is an excuse...
...class election should be determined on merit alone. It is an ideal not often attained, but it is none the less an ideal to be sought after: to cast aside personal likes and dislikes, to vote for the men who most deserve office and who are best fitted for carrying out the obligations of office, and to abide by the results without complaint...
...third Freshman reception of the year will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union this evening at 7.15 o'clock. The reception will be entirely in the hands of the class of 1913 and well-known members of the class will be on hand to introduce the men. The prospects of having a smoker before the election of class officers will be discussed, and, if it is approved, the individual members of the class will be expected to contribute the funds, because as yet there is no class treasury. All Freshmen will be admitted irrespective of whether they...