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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Although impossible to obtain statistics, we believe, from the cases which have appeared, that an interesting situation would be revealed, could it be known how many men have taken an extra year in College in order to play on a University team. In a day when the greatest emphasis is laid on athletic prowess, more athletes delay graduation than graduate as soon as practicable, the acknowledged proper course. Instead of a premium on loafing, as there is apt to be at present, athletics should offer to the man capable of the three year course, the same advantages as does debating...
...dining room of Memorial Hall will be closed during the recess, as last year. Members need not sign off for this period, since no charge will be made for it in any case. Randall Hall will be open through the recess and members of Memorial may obtain their meals there. Meals at Randall are entirely a la carte...
...importance of making an intelligent and far-sighted choice of courses cannot be over-emphasized. All too frequently we hear the criticism that college students obtain no lasting benefit from the four years spent in their higher education simply because they do not correlate the subjects which they elect to study. The prime object of limiting the choice of electives is to obviate this criticism by directing the student's choice properly into the different fields of learning...
...primarily for the pleasure and exercise of those who take part in them. Sport for the sake of victory alone has much in common with prize-fighting. It is valuable in all forms of sport to have system and definiteness; organized teams and outside contests are excellent means to obtain them, but they should be secondary. The tail has wagged the dog for a long time at Harvard...
...class who have not yet procured class buttons may obtain them from C. Hann, Jr., Holworthy...