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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...remainder of the class will have to be satisfied with the inferior accommodations found in the other buildings. In order to assure every member of the class having an equal chance of getting into the most desirable dormitory, I would suggest that one entry in each building be set aside for those men wishing to apply in groups of 14, and that the rooms in the other entries be drawn for in the usual manner. After all, the object of having the Senior dormitories is to develop class unity. A. M. VAN RENSSELAER...
...those of the other buildings. The answer is, if a man wants to room in Holworthy--the only building which will be practically monopolized by large groups--let him organize a group, and so stand with the rest an even chance of getting the room upon which he has set his heart. For certainly no Junior is so solitary that he cannot find 13 men to apply with him who will be fully as congenial as those who are placed next to him by lot. The way to give the new scheme the success which it deserves, is for every...
Professor Adams of Dartmouth referred to Harvard as the mother of all colleges in that she has set a high standard of achievement which all endeavor to equal...
...test the candidate's knowledge of facts, but to examine his intellectual power. The examiners try to ask, not "How much do you know"? but "Are you qualified to profit by instruction in Harvard College"? As a means of determining the extent of this qualification, a considerably smaller set of requirements would be more efficient; for at the average age of candidates for admission, the attempt to cover the present field is ordinarily attended by a parrot-like grasp of unrelated details, but by no real mastery or assimilation of the subjects. If the examiners insisted on higher standards...
...this season the Freshman team has shown up poorly, and within the last few weeks has had very little practice. In fact, the team was set back at the beginning of the season by inadequate coaching and later by lack of ice. With steady practice during the coming week, however, the team should improve rapidly, as the players are good individually. The line-ups: FRESHMEN. ST. PAUL'S. Locke, l.e. r.e., Kilner Palmer, l.c. r.c., Kuhn Rushmore, r.c. l.c., Sortwell Tomes, r.e. l.e., Sproule, Heron Booth, c.p. c.p., Emmons Graustein, p. p., Boyde, McDonald Gardner, g. g., Rogers