Word: references
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...following men are in charge of the buildings assigned to them, and although in some cases they are not the men with whom contributions may be left, the list has been printed so that in case of any confusion there may be somebody to whom men can refer: Apley 54, R. D. Fay '13; Anthorp 1, T. T. Scudder '11; Beck 5, T. H. McKittrick '11; Brentford 5, W. B. Harris '13; Claverly 30, J. E. Boit '12; College House 6, W. Gleason '13; Conant 16, F. E. Richter '13; Criagie 205, H. A. Rogers '11; Dana...
...Teneloists. He analyzes with equal patience and skill the works of scores of lesser men. He seems to have overlooked nothing. And he brings all, down to the most modest specimen, into his system. Of chief interest to the American reader, who has not the pictures before him to refer to, are Mr. Berenson's generalizations--the pages in which he sets forth his main ideas, or sums up some really important master, like Montegna or Corrreggio. His remarks on the grotesque, on pettiness, on the modern passion for activity, and on the dangers of the antique--to mention only...
...still have an antiquated custom here at Harvard, which has very little to recommend its continuance save its antiquity. We refer to the ringing of the College bell every morning at 7 o'clock. In most instances the College authorities have allowed the students to regulate their personal habits in their own way, but in this case there is a notorious exception. The mode of life at the University has so changed in recent years that most students find no occasion whatever for rising before 8 o'clock. Why, then, should those who live within sound of this bell...
...will seriously defend the practice of choosing courses with a view to securing a degree along the lines of least resistance. However lightly men refer to the subject in conversation, a careful examination of most schedules will bring out the fact that the great majority select their studies with some higher motive than that of securing a passing grade. But it is equally true that there is a legitimate use for the so-called "snap" courses. When properly intermingled with solid subjects they afford a relaxation, and at the same time have a certain intrinsic value. If a business...
...regrets which Seniors express on leaving College is at their neglect of their opportunities for seeing places and institutions which others come far to visit. By this we do not refer merely to places of historical or literary interest in the neighborhood of Boston. There are many such excursions which would occupy a free afternoon or holiday and which would be well worth the time devoted to them. But there are in our very midst places whose existence is scarcely known except to specialization or advanced students. We refer to the museums...