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...Taking the long range view," Bender concluded, "a time can be imagined when there will be a 10:1 admissions ratio, and the status of the forced commuter might be higher than at present. But, unless this develops, I find it hard to imagine that a large group of people will want to live at home...
Back at the beginning of the century, when classes numbered only about 400 students, it was possible for an undergraduate to know at least a little bit about each person in his class, and in those days a class-wide election could have considerable meaning. As things stand at present, although one may regret the growth of the College into such a large, impersonal body, one can scarcely deny that the election of a symbolic leader for a Harvard Class is a rather meaningless proposition...
However, this new and somewhat more involved procedure would seem to be unnecessary. With all due respect for the oft-mentioned Harvard tradition, it would probably be better to do away with the office of Class Marshal altogether. At present, the Marshals are merely figureheads of the Senior Class during its spring term in College. The members of the Permanent Class Committee (one from each House) together with the Marshals draw up a Class Constitution which outlines the leadership of the Class after graduation. It is quite possible, and indeed often the case, that the Marshals will never serve...
...very easy to become dogmatic on an exam question; to avoid this, the student should be careful to present qualifications toward the end of his essay, O'Neil continued...
Four games in five nights present a difficult problem to any hockey team. This lesson proved true last night as the Providence College sextet outscrapped and outhustled the tired varsity six for the first two periods and held on in the third period...