Word: slighted
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Harvard Crew Quarters, Red Top, New London, Conn., June 12, 1910.--The University and Freshman crew squads arrived here this afternoon. E. C. Bacon '10 did not make the trip owing to a slight illness, but is expected to arrive tomorrow. Coach Wray will probably take his place in the morning row. Captain Wodell and Stroke Wallis of the Yale university eight paid a visit to the Harvard quarters shortly after dinner today. Tomorrow the regular routine work, consisting of a short row in the morning, followed by a long paddle in the afternoon, will begin for all the crews...
...individual that he can find. The final knowledge which the student has gained is a superficial acquaintance with the external appearance and title pages of a number of books and a temporary familiarity with the chief events of the life of a single historical figure, too often of slight significance...
...Remus" it becomes almost ludicrous. To require from a serious student of the broad facts of our history an account of the best anti-slavery poem he can find is to force him to spend a large amount of time and effort in looking up a subject of so slight historical importance that its contribution to his general knowledge of the subject...
...only permanent good to be derived from such work is a knowledge of the from and mechanism of library catalogues and a slight degree of ease in finding books. If this is the real object of such work, why include it in a course on American history when the reports could be made of such vastly greater value? If the advantage to an undergraduate gained by familiarity with the necessary red tape of the library is worth 20 or more hours work, its value increases in proportion of the time during which it can be of use. Why, then, have...
...other two boats. At the last half-mile, Harvard was three-quarters of a length and a half. It was a dead heat between Columbia and Pennsylvania for second place. The crew rowed fairly well in this first race but showed a tendency to finish weak. There was slight head wind which accounted for the time being slower in this race than in the second...