Word: needlessly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Although length of vacations may seem too trivial a consideration to influence any serious minded person in the choice of his college, still it is true that the small and apparently needless annoyances are often the most irritating. To those who are contemplating the choice of a college, Harvard's present ill-planned vacations seem characteristic of her supposed attitude of unwillingness to sacrifice tradition for reason; to those who are here, it is merely a penalty which we are forced to pay in return for our superior educational opportunities...
...matter of interest, just what are the "old Harvard songs"? One graduate, when confronted with this question, after having bemoaned their death at the hands of the Glee Club, stammered out, "Johnny Harvard", and found himself at loss to go further. Needless to say, that song has now found a (watery) grave! As for other songs of that type, not distinctly pertaining to Harvard, such as "The Tavern in the Town", "Spanish Cavalier", and the like,--the Glee Club has no desire to cut short their deserved existence. It does not seem to be known that there...
...needless to state that Great Britain took a noble part in the war. Her actions of the past six months have, however, done much to supplant nobility with selfishness, and to jeopardize the respect of her allies and the friendship of France. Even the fact that Lloyd George has earned the title of "Foreign Minister" to the republic would not be so deplorable did he not misuse his power. There are better things in this world than the acquisition of foreign markets--and the close alliance of nations is one of them. "Tomorrow" is England's chance, perhaps her last...
...Needless to say they are meeting with little success. The public stands pat on its refusal to buy at exhorbitant prices. The retailers can stick it out a little longer but doing business with more clerks than customers is not profitable...
...University returns to the basketball court after a long absence. Candidates for the five report to Coach Wachter this afternoon. Needless to say the building of a team will be a hard task in a college where basketball tradition itself has died out; but it will be exceedingly, worth while, if Harvard receives the new minor sport with anything like the enthusiasm shown at Yale and Princeton...