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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...history of mankind, for those who have fought a good fight and won a great victory pause to congratulate themselves and enjoy the fruits of their labor while others who have been their inferiors pass beyond them toward the greater triumphs that await. The security of the past depends largely upon the fidelity of those to whose keeping the tradition of the past has been intrusted. The splendid past of Harvard depends, in some degree at least, upon its keeping ever in the van of educational advance. For possessions to check possibilities--that is tragedy...
...Reece '09, who stroked his Freshman crew, and for the past two years has rowed on the University squad, has been telegraphed to join the University squad. He will probably be tried out in the four...
Seniors will assemble in front of Holworthy, at 3.30 o'clock, wearing caps and gowns, and will form in a column of twos. The procession, led by the Class Day officers with the first marshal and the chairman of the Class Day Committee at the head will march past Hollis, and, crossing the Yard, go between Thayer and University to Appleton Chapel. On reaching the Chapel, the procession will pass up the main aisle to the front. The Marshal and the Chairman will then walk down the aisle dividing off the pairs into each pew. All will remain standing until...
During the past year sixty-three men have made use of the Text-Book Loan Library in Phillips Brooks House and the number would have been largely increased if there had been enough books available. The great need of the Library at present is contributions of books used in the big lecture courses of the University, particularly History, Government and Economics, and the collection which will be made today should meet with a response from every one who has book that are of no immediate use any longer...
...stream in three stretches as far as a quarter-mile below the Navy Yard. There, after turning, a short distance was covered with the stroke at 30. This stretch was followed by a racing start that was better than any Harvard crew has made on the Thames for the past three years. The boat shot along at a remarkable speed and the men kept together almost to perfection. The next stretch was a long one again, with a very slow stroke until opposite the boat house, where ten fast strokes were taken. Then after another short turn down stream...