Word: preferably
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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There is room at Harvard for a student publication that will avoid subjects such as "The Quintessence of Kant," and prefer to dwell upon the less important, but far more hearty and genial, actualities of academic life. Though the Advocate has often ventured upon the deep waters of university learning, and withdrawn from them with no little credit, the true role of the journal undoubtedly lies in portraying the amiable customs of college existence; in hearkening to the murmurs of our miniature world, and its ideas, its little struggles, its trials and successes. The new issue of the Advocate lives...
...great advantage of this concentration is that several consecutive days, well filled with events which all Harvard men want to attend, would become the acknowledged meeting time for all the classes. Under the present system such a tradition, although existent, is far from established; some prefer the Class Day festivities to Commencement; others would rather see the races; while yet others can be here only for Commencement. In short, the plan means the formation of a "Commencement Week," to contain all that Commencement, Class Day, the annual Yale game, and New London connote to Harvard men. We heartily advocate...
...systematic spying of students upon each other and the subsequent prosecution of wrong-doers. As in the case of crime in general a surveillance which may be an honorable function when performed by the appointed agents of society is repugnant to the ordinary citizen, so fellow-students would naturally prefer to leave the detection and punishment of cribbing to the appointed authorities of the College...
...eating at no one place regularly is it (a) because you prefer to "eat around" or (b) because you know of no good place for regular meals...
...reading in College courses. With the funds available it has been found impossible to maintain such a collection and at the same time to keep the library up to date in publications of general interest. The usefulness of the library is thus considerably lessened and many men who would prefer to do their work in the Union if the books were available, are compelled to use the College libraries...