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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nearly the entire University and Freshman track squads have been entered in today's events, and every contest will see many Crimson participants. For the University men the competition this afternoon will offer an opportunity to show whether or not they have the ability to warrant their going to New Haven to take part in the Yale meet a week from today. Although there will be some trials next week, the showing made today will largely determine the composition of the Crimson squad which will oppose Yale. For the Freshman athletes the objective will be to qualify for the trials...
...long been a criticism of American colleges that they are carried on for the benefit of the average student and tail to offer the better man what be needs and deserves. Hence, it is argued, comes the emphasis on extra-curriculum activities and hence the three year graduate with a year in England or France to round out his education. Without minimizing the value to the American of a year in Europe, it must be admitted that this lack of self-sufficiency in education is not entirely healthy...
England has met the problem of the better student by the use of the tutorial system and of the Henor and Pass Degress; certainly Oxford and Cambridge offer unusual opportunities to the student of superior ability. Harvard has anticipated other American colleges in meeting the same problem. To the student of exceptional ability, divisional and the tutorial system offer greater opportunities and make greater demands; it is significant that the statistics for 1923 show a much smaller proportion of men securing degrees in three years. But Harvard cannot compete on fair terms with Oxford and Cambridge until the tutorial system...
...assistant deans are chosen from the men best qualified for their peculiarly ticklish task. They are young but experienced men, who have lost none of their youthful enthusiasm, and are able to sympathize with students who fall into their hands, and to offer the useful advice that it prompted only by complete understanding...
...Verde National Park have been found quite as interesting, while the great ranges about Mount Rainer are thought to compare favorably with the Swiss Alps. As for the animal life in the Yellowstone, the majestic pageant of the Grand Canyon, the giant groves in the Sequoia, Europe can nowhere offer parallels. The Harvard trip, in touring this western country, will not only give its explorers a suggestion of the extent and resources of their country but prove to them that Americans can go abroad in their own backyard...