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Dates: during 1920-1929
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According to Mr. Hamblin, plans are now being made to build a bigger botanic garden somewhere else, as an outlet for the enthusiasm for gardening, and to divert feeling in the present situation. "Whether or not the Garden can be used for anything other than a botanic garden is for the proper officials to say," was his statement. "The public will soon center its interests on something else...
...start of the week W. Ticknor was given another try at tackle and Talbot was at guard, but Tuesday Kuehn got the tackle assignment and Ticknor shifted back to guard again. This combination seems to be the best one at present and should get the call on Saturday. B. Ticknor will hold down the center post flanked by Trainer and Barrett on the left while O'Connell and Douglas should be the ends...
...George Eastman Chair should prove, however, more important than any one of its incumbents. It is in line with the present movement among universities here and oversees to exchange the services of their best talent. Harvard is enjoying now not only the eminent ability of the Professor of Poetry at Oxford, but also that of visiting lecturers from France and Germany...
Simultaneous, with the National Meeting, the New England Association of Summer Schools, with which Harvard is affiliated, will hold a meeting for its members. Deans from five New England summer schools will be present...
With these innovations in one of the larger English courses, it becomes more apparent that it is merely a matter of time until the ideal of a constructive reading period will be attained. The present imperfections are still rather glaring, but the new improvements that are offered every year point to it short duration of the present unfortunate experimental period...