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Dates: during 1900-1909
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After five years of experimenting with the European plan, the directors of Memorial Hall have decided to propose the adoption of the American plan to the members of the dining association and a vote will be taken on this proposition today. Nobody seems to be able to find out just...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AMERICAN PLAN AT MEMORIAL. | 12/18/1908 | See Source »

Two generations ago the successful debater was the intellectual idol of our colleges, and the art of ex tempore speaking was cultivated by all classes of students. Towards the end of the nineteenth century all this changed very suddenly. The man who a few years before would have been the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ACADEMIC HONORS CONFERRED | 12/12/1908 | See Source »

It is hard for me to adapt myself comfortably to the fact that the Advocate is no longer an organ of College opinion. Can it be that the internal economy of the University is so perfected that there are no continuing evils to assail, no grievances so lasting as to...

Author: By Lindsay SWIFT ., | Title: Review of Current Advocate | 12/11/1908 | See Source »

In reviewing the dormitory rowing of the fall, it is discouraging to notice that the bumping races were not so popular as last year, which in turn fell off considerably from the previous year. In 1905 when the dormitory was chosen as a unit for a system of scrub rowing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FACTS ON DORMITORY ROWING. | 12/9/1908 | See Source »

On the whole the plan seems logical. There are certain qualifications desirable in the nominations for Secretary which are as important as in the case of any of the officers or committeemen. This being the case, the more men available for that nomination the better for the class as the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CLASS DAY ELECTION CHANGES. | 12/7/1908 | See Source »

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