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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...tonight at 8 o'clock in the Lecture Hall of the Horace Mann School in New York City. The subject for the argument is: "Resolved, That Al Smith is eminently qualified for the Presidency." Last Wednesday evening the Harvard team debated the Boston College speakers unsuccessfully on the same question...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HARVARD AND COLUMBIA TO SETTLE STATUS OF SMITH | 1/14/1928 | See Source »

...would like to be assigned (the reasons for this choice to be given); whether the Freshman intends to register in the College or the Engineering School; the studies in which he has special interest; and his intended profession or other life work. Sometimes a Freshman's answer to these questions are rather amusing. For instance, after the question "Intended profession or other life work," one boy wrote: 'I intend other life work." Each Freshman is asked to fill out and return this blank as soon as possible. After its receipt the Adviser is assigned. In selecting the Adviser, a matter...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHAIRMAN OF BOARD OF FRESHMAN ADVISERS TELLS OF ITS FUNCTIONS | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

...until the middle of February, is probably the best attitude to take toward an already tardy project. Last year there was no Register at all; this year there will apparently be one which although somewhat late in arriving will be, one hopes, at least satisfactory in other respects. The question undoubtedly may be asked as to whether a Register appearing in February can be considered satisfactory in any degree. The only logical answer must be found in sales figures. If the forthcoming Register sells--that is allowing for already contracted subscriptions -- it would seem to have a faithful public...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE COUNCIL MOVES | 1/13/1928 | See Source »

...Boston and Maine railroad yards in Somerville. He was in a state which was pronounced by an ambulance surgeon to boarder closely on torpor, but more experienced, if less technical, observers asserted that he was merely out. No further explanation of this term was offered. It was accepted without question by the police...

Author: By R. L. W., | Title: THE CRIME | 1/12/1928 | See Source »

...prayer before each game, there is surely no reason why the common run of undergraduates, about to enter a three-hour struggle not with their equals in ability but with examiners of far superior mentality to theirs, should not seek strength for the unequal contest. There can be no question, furthermore, but that the proper frame of mind, which many seek by prolonged slumbers or revelry the night before, can be more quickly obtained in the cloistered quiet of the chapel. In the Ecclesiastes there is both an excuse for the students dissoulty and for his at tendance...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WEARINESS TO THE FLESH | 1/10/1928 | See Source »

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