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Individuals will assemble in Persist Smith Hall for voluntary preliminary instruction in sighting drills for the rifle from 10 o'clock until 12 o'clock, and from 1.30 o'clock until 3 o'clock, under the supervision of Sergeants Bryan and Gavigan, U.S.A...
Another society of a somewhat different sort is described in an article by F. T. Spaulding '17 on the notorious "Med. Fac.", traces of whose buffoonery and barrel-stave humor, unfortunately still persist...
Unless continually subjected to the standard opinions of the students, courses are apt to persist in some sort of error for years. With a view toward increasing the efficiency of a course and the benefits to be derived from it, it is suggested that cards be distributed among the members either at mid-years or finals. On these the student might write any suggestions which he considered of value and it is to be expected that this would assist in solving some of the problems confronting the professor. Such a plan has been tried in several instances and is particularly...
...second place, class buttons, as they now exist and whatever may be said to the contrary, remain a Senior prerogative. Harvard has few class customs; in fact, Senior gowns and buttons and the Junior Dance are the only ones that persist. If Sophomores feel that they must add to these customs, they should not make an addition that will be immediately offset by a subtraction...
When men have reached college age, it ought not to be necessary to subject them to preparatory school discipline. Yet if they persist in behaving like preparatory school boys, a resort to such discipline. Yet if they persist in behaving like preparatory school boys, a resort to such discipline is but natural. By suspending the man who last evening walked the length of Memorial Hall with his hat on, the Dining Council merely prevented anarchy...