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...unsuitable a time this is scarcely need be pointed out. The strenuous work of the mid-year period prevents preparation for these examinations in January; and the one available week in February is of little use for the kind of study these comprehensive tests demand...
...This year both Crimson teams have hopes for success. Technology has had a fairly successful season, having been defeated badly only by Yale, and gaining several victories. The University delegation has had one defeat, a victory, and a draw, while the first-year men have had two victories and a defeat from Taft ten days ago. In the meet with Taft the team was weakened by illness and injuries, but intensive training since the mid-year period has brought it up to its former strength. Coach Gallagher has picked his team from winners of elimination tournaments thus insuring close competition...
...inter-fraternity handball leagues, the Alpha League and the Beta League, have resumed games which ceased because of the mid-year period. The championship of the Alpha League will be decided when Kappa Nu and Sigma Alpha Mu clash tomorrow evening. The championship of the Beta League will be determined when Alpha Mu Sigma meets St. Paul's Catholic Club tomorrow night. The winners of the Alpha and Beta leagues will play Tuesday evening for the final inter-fraternity championship...
...undergraduates for resorting to some slight deception for the accomplishment of such an end. But those at Harvard who are heard to mumble something about "unfair competition" have no call to be jarred from their habitual indifference. Temporary fads like that are common enough at Yale. They even abolished mid-year examinations a little while ago, and as the pendulum swings in the opposite direction, in the near future somebody will undoubtedly start a "back-to-the-books" movement...
...following is the complete revised mid-year examination schedule. The Crimson assumes no responsibility for the accuracy of the schedule, which is posted in University Hall. All examinations begin at 9.15 o'clock unless otherwise specified. TODAY (XV) Chemistry 22 Mallinckrodt MB 23 Military Science 2 Memorial Hall Military Science 4 Memorial Hall Naval Science 2 Memorial Hall Naval Science 4 Memorial Hall...