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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...vital point with which we are concerned is not the supposed strengths and weaknesses of our rivals, especially of rivals who have been famed for their "come back." We must simply ask ourselves this question: has Harvard a team to compare with teams of the past? We like to say, "Yes," and we certainly believe it, to this extent: the regular University team is as strong as any team we have seen. But Cornell's touchdown and indeed, her showing during the entire fourth period last Saturday, proved beyond a doubt that the second string players could not be relied...
...nine of the clock this evening. The hour has been set so that every member of the class can be on hand, at least for a little while. The Philosophy of Senior Smokers is too involved and varying from year to year to be discussed here; suffice it to say that their purpose of bringing the class together semi-occasionally during its last year in College is a worthy one. Where classes are large, the chances for frequent meetings of the members are small. Class smokers, particularly in the Senior year, help to offset this disadvantage and give...
...larger colleges did he find such a system developed. The other men have made their choice on less substantial grounds, but the undergraduate has to learn from them, as from the first, that the standard of the college is set by the man--that it is what Harvard men say and do more than anything else that wins recruits and gives Harvard its place in the community...
...great deal of criticism has been heard concerning the lack of shelter for the players of visiting football teams in the Stadium. It is only fair to say that the football management has realized the need of such a shelter but has been unable to construct it because it would interfere with the fall track games. Now that these are over, a proper shelter will be erected on the east side of the Stadium field...
...reduce the cost of living," has been the slogan of one generation after another. In 1882 the College generation of the day organized the Harvard Co-operative Society to fulfill the slogan. Just what reduction it has secured it is hard to say, for that elusive phantom, the cost of living, has risen beyond our vision on the hot words that have so in-effectually attacked it. But if we may judge by the business done with those who do not expect dividends and from the dividends paid those who do, we are tempted to say that the Co-operative...