Word: placing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Other times, other customs is doubtless the excuse. This tradition takes its place along with the ten thousands that the Divisional and the Reading Period have slain. Some Seniors have survived the first, and have gone; some are suffering the second, and stay; in neither case are there classes to attend, and so, reasons the Senior, there is no need of wearing his regalia. Yet this custom is none of the puerile collegiate tricks to which Harvard long since turned thumbs down; it is a dignified and respected tradition, with a long tale of years behind it. The University, becoming...
...valued counsellor in the affairs of the University, his characteristic influence was as he would have wished it upon the religious life of the place. His earlier residence as a clergyman in Boston had made him familiar with our situation. It was, however, his great work as bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the Philippines from 1901 to 1918, and then his term as chief of the Chaplain Service of the American Expeditionary Force in France in 1918-1919, his long conflict with the opium traffic, his enthusiastic interest in international affairs, which made the students feel...
...theory at least, required reading should not find any place in the picture; that is, if the principle upon which the entire adventure was founded, is to be adhered to. For this oasis originally carried with it the promise of freedom to delve into the hidden recesses" of a particular subject, in which time had not allowed the opportunity for further investigation or browsing in allied fields...
...meet will bring before Harvard eyes several competitors who have been credited with performances that would win them a place on almost any college track team. Among these is John Crowley, of the Roxbury School in Cheshire, Connecticut, who has attained renown in interscholastic circles as a weight man and jumper. He has heaved the 12-pound shot 51 feet 9 inches and the discus well over 140 feet. He can high jump 5 feet 9 inches and has covered over 20 feet in the broad jump. J. S. Birge also of Roxbury School has stepped...
...class A division of the meet, which includes the private preparatory schools of New England. Twenty-five schools are registered in the class B division, which is composed of high schools of greater Boston and vicinity. Among this group are Lawrence High and Mechanic Arts, who tied for first place at the Boston College Interscholastics last week. Class C contains 300 entries from various high schools of the state...