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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...note with pleasure the re-engagement of Dr. F. J. Sexton as coach of the Harvard baseball team. During his two years at Harvard Dr. Sexton has been handicapped by the lack of really first-class pitching material and it is a tribute to his ability as a coach that he has in both years turned out teams whose records of victories have been creditable. Dr. Sexton is a man who stands for all that is best in baseball and in athletics. We take this opportunity to express our appreciation of his work and to wish him success...
...prominent ecclesiastical figure in New England, having been since 1893 Bishop of Massachusetts. He has been honored with degrees by Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Hobart, Cambridge, and the Episcopal Theological School, of which he was for a number of years a professor and the dean. He is a historian of note and the author of a number of books, including "The Life of Roger Wolcott, Governor of Massachusetts," "A Study of Phillips Brooks," "Proportional Representation in the House of Clerical and Lay Delegates" and "Visions and Service...
...Illustrated which has just appeared, contains much interesting information regarding local Harvard affairs and several valuable discussions of general academic problems. The articles on "Phi Beta Kappa at Harvard," "Chess Club," "Wireless Club" and "Hockey as a Major Sport" should receive attention from undergraduates, who may also note. Dean Yeoman's betrayal of "the secret of entering the examination period with confidence," and ponder his words: "Searching for truth, and applying truth to practical affairs, is the most interesting thing in life." But many besides undergraduates might read with profit the suggestive remarks of Professor Legouis on "Scholarship and Athletics...
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...true note is struck in the editorial on The Harvard Theory of Championships when the writer expresses the hope and belief that in Harvard the influence which sends men into athletics in order that they may make a club or society is at a minimum. This sets one to wondering just how many degrees worse it is to go into athletics for pecuniary than for social rewards...