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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard University. At Harvard the president and five fellows, with the treasurer, make up the corporation, the chief governing body of the University. The fellows must live within easy reach of Cambrdige Universities know they can count on the loyalty and service of their strongest sons. It is rare for that loyalty to be shown in such a dramatic way as in this instance...
...Artful Dodger, Mr. Pecksniff, with his air of injured innocence, Miss Sarah Gamp or her omnipresent friend Mrs. Harris, little urging to hear Professor Copeland need be given. To those unacquainted with some of the most familiar and lovable characters in fiction, the reading this evening offers a rare opportunity in this land of plenty...
...years ago, Assistant Dean Castle delivered a lecture on "Hawaii" in the Union. Superficially, this does not seem to be a fact worth drawing your attention to, but we do call your attention to it, for the simple reason that it is a rare thing for a member of the Faculty to deliver a lecture there. On this occasion the CRIMSON was so impressed by the opportunity which the Union was losing, in not asking others of the Faculty to give similar talks, that it published an editorial urging that lectures by members of the Faculty be less rare...
...international. While it is a struggle for victory, it is nevertheless one of most friendly rivalry which must have its effect in producing a close and happy connection between the two great universities concerned. Athletic contests between the large American and Canadian universities are perhaps all too rare. Indeed hockey is the only major sport in which meetings have yet been possible, for the American football rules differ largely from ours, and their track season is not autumn, but spring. Hockey contests are therefore watched with unusual interest by graduates and students...
...stated that the cause of the commotion is himself considered to be very little to blame. Let us proceed one stage further. Suppose that a substitute on any major sport squad breaks training. At once it is whispered about and the man is disgraced. Indeed, such incidents are so rare that nowadays we seldom if ever hear of them. These three cases represent the facts. From them several instructive conclusions may be drawn...