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Government is second only to Economics in the number of concentrators, and the two fields are similar in many ways. During the last three years the number of Government concentrators has increased 30%, being last year 384--the largest increase of any field in College. Like Economics, it is a field whose importance is becoming more and more widespread, but also like Economics it is a subject in which one cannot gain practical experience in College. The recent large increase was perhaps mainly due to the fact that students who were not really interested in the subject concentrated...
Jack Barr has been elected captain of the golf team for next year, it was announced yesterday. Barr, the only Junior on the team, played the number three position on the Varsity and led the League in scoring with eight points...
...large number of disconcerted readers who are mystified by some of the modern excursions into versification, Robert Hillyer's "First Principles of Verse" will allow them to regain their equilibrium by its clear presentation of the fundamental elements of poetry. It is a practical, elementary handbook for the poet or critic, but its significance lies in the ultra-conservative attitude of this well-known modern poet, who has been completely uninfluenced by the meanderings of some of his contemporaries...
...famous syncopator's story, written with literary assistance, is autobiographical in form, although all characters are fictitious. The first chapter opens at a "Swank Harvard affair" when an undergraduate approaches Mr. Dorsey and asks to be allowed to play a number...
Particular stress was laid on a reconsideration of the plan for associated House memberships, inasmuch as University Hall feels that the number annually excluded from the Houses will be considerably reduced by stabilization of the Freshman class at 1000 members, and by the graduation of the unusually large classes...