Word: reached
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Harvard as a public institution, and its indebtedness to the country. The more any of us can do to dispel the utterly unfounded argument that Harvard is a "rich man's College" and "exclusive," the better it will be for Harvard and for those whom the University wants to reach. Harvard is under almost as great an obligation to the public as is the state college. And not until the public realizes an interest in Harvard's welfare, will the University have reached its greatest efficiency as a dispenser of true learning
...practice-field it has chosen. To play it, one needs only a pair of shoes of any sort with hardy heels, an overcoat for the cool mornings, a fairly fresh supply of alcoholic interior decoration, and a misguided sense of the humorous. With this equipment, which is within the reach of everybody, one may practice almost anywhere on the quieter streets off Massachusetts avenue between the hours of one and three A. M. Find a window, preferably a cellar-window, though one leading to an acquaintance's room is a real delicacy; and slipping up to it unobserved, give...
...suggestion, however, it might be well to make for the benefit of succeeding classes. If the class button is to reach its highest usefulness as a unifying factor in the Senior class, it should be available earlier in the year. Like the cap and gown, it is a means of putting all members of the class at least on a bowing acquaintance with each other. Unlike the cap and gown, there is no restriction as to the time it may be worn. If the class button were to be put on sale in November, instead of the middle of February...
...American ambassadorship for a university trusteeship. Mr. Robert Bacon has resigned the embassy at Paris to become a fellow of 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...
...which Oxford is famous, rather than the scientific courses in which the English University is known to be less efficient. Again, we see that our Rhodes scholars tend decidedly towards the classics, while the German Rhodes scholars favor economics. Also the report says: "the process of selection does not reach the highest types of scholarship in either the (British) colonies, Germany or America." Mr. Rhodes did not intend to obtain primarily the best scholars and it is safe to say that results have proved the wisdom of his method of selection...