Word: readings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...news of the resignation of five Yale men from participation in intercollegiate athletics has come as a genuine shock to all Harvard undergraduates. It is well-known that few athletes have ever really read the rules relating to professionalism, and do not know the various technical ramifications upon which players may be disqualified. The facts of the case admit no doubt that the men who resigned were completely innocent of any real professionalism in spirit, and only ignorance of a technicality led them to the disqualifying act. It is no exaggeration to say that all Harvard men feel the deepest...
...hundredth anniversary of the birth of Richard Henry Dana '37 will be held under the auspices of the Cambridge Historical Society in Sanders Theatre on Wednesday evening, October 20, at 8 o'clock. The Right Reverend William Lawrence will preside and the Honorable Joseph H. Choate '52 will read a paper on Dana as a citizen, lawyer, and writer on international law. Professor Bliss Perry will discuss Dana as a man of letters. Moorfield Story '66 will also speak...
...competition for plays will end next Friday when all manuscripts must be handed in to P. F. Reniers '16 at 60 Mr. Auburn street. The plays will be judged by Professor G. P. Baker '87 and two others, and the successful play will be read on November 15, at which time the first trials for parts will take place. All members of the University are eligible for the competition. In the event of a successful play the club will probably go to some other city during the Christmas recess...
...stimulus. But on the other hand, the lax requirements in certain courses, requirements which can be technically satisfied by nominal effort, actually promote slip-shod work. In some of the more advanced courses especially the theory in force is that of allowing wide choice and initiative as regards reading. Sometimes this reading is not tested, and the students' word is taken as sufficient evidence that it has been adequately done. Without wishing to attack student honor unduly, one may suggest that this is not a very dependable method. It results too often in glancing over the matter to be read...
Wednesday, December 15.--Professor Copeland will read...