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This is a direct appeal to our sense of humanity on a scale that has never been known before. No one can be deaf to it, least of all Harvard men, who have never been slack when such a call has come. Nearly ten thousand of them heard the voice of Duty and Patriotism and served in the Great War. The undergraduates and other students now may be counted upon to do their utmost. Harvard men do not allow little children to die of hunger, and whenever there has been a great cause, whether of Patriotism or of Humanity, Harvard...
...race started with conditions almost perfect, the tide running in, but at the half-way mark the crews ran into slack water and therefore made the time 23 minutes 11 seconds for the whole race, the slowest in many years. The race was as hard-fought as any ever seen on the river, with the University leading at the two-mile mark by five seconds, and at the three-mile mark by only six seconds...
...certain fairly definite conclusions in regard to the present Russian problem. Above all, we must recognize the great need of Europe for the food which Russia is capable of producing. During the war the United States was able to ship a large excess of provisions, but with production so slack, and waste and expenditure so great, it seems probable that only a negligible share will be left for Europe...
...nation is awake in a measure to these shortcomings this year, and we cannot afford to let pass the supreme opportunity for taking up slack which this campaign offers. If our parties are cowards, the most cowardly must be beaten. Action must be the watchword of the next administration...
...final word Professor Perry said "Get the rhythm of this great University and take up the slack of spiritual indifference...