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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...honor which should be paid for, if not bought, by a certain amount of effective work. For anyone to receive office with bored indifference or with the knowledge that he has neither the time nor inclination to fulfil its duties, is too plain a mistake to need comment. And yet this sort of mistake is made many times each year. We refer especially to the smaller clubs and societies with no particular prestige to insure their continuance...
Today the Seniors will begin the wearing of caps and gowns, a custom so time-honored as to need no explanation. It is an honor which any Senior should be proud to have reached, and a custom which none should fail to observe through false modesty or laziness. The question, of course, arises whether caps and gowns in themselves establish a speaking acquaintance between the wearers, and we believe the answer of former classes has wisely been in the affirmative. Certainly their use could serve no better purpose than to bind classmates more closely together during the last few weeks...
...rank among the great professions and should have a much higher object than the mere making of money. We should cultivate the highest possible conception of journalism from top to bottom, from the editor-in-chief to the reporter. It seems to me, said Mr. Quincy, that the need for University men as reporters is very great. The function of the reporter is not low, but most important, and if the tone of the press is to be raised, it must be through the reporters. Let us then get educated men upon our papers, and lot. Harvard graduates start...
...House. A large collection this spring is desired, as a much larger number of calls for clothing have been made than could be filled. Reading matter is always much desired at the hospitals and other places where it is sent, and the text-book loan library is in great need of additions in order to make it serviceable to students...
Dean Briggs acted as toastmaster, and introduced Mr. Arthur Foote '74 as the first speaker. He spoke on the great progress made by the Musical Department since he was an undergraduate and emphasized the need of a new building which should be the seat of all musical activity at Harvard. Dr. S. W. Langmaid '59 spoke on the same general topic, laying especial stress on the fact that as Harvard was the first college to recognize music among its courses, and allow students to take music courses both for entrance examinations and for degrees, she should be the first...