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...Pierpont Morgan's yacht "Corsair" was the scene of the Harvard crew's sojourn yesterday. Accompanied by Bill Bingham, the entire squad spent the day cruising on Long Island Sound as the guests of the financier and Crimson alumnus...
...Houses of Normandy and England. It was as good a claim as any, except that it was obscured by William's bastardy. That had been no bar to his Norman succession. But William's strongest claim was the oath of Harold, obtained from the Englishman during his sojourn at the court of Normandy while Edward was still living. This is the traditional view of William's claim. Belloc emphasizes it by dilating upon the nature of the feudal oath. Harold had become William's "man", and his repudiation of his own oath by taking the English crown for himself alienated...
...keep the Weld boathouse open all winter with employees paid merely to repair the shells. There is no reason why athletes should not pay for their own trophies and sweaters at the end of the season. There is no reason why the crew should enjoy a two-week's sojourn at Red Top every spring...
There is little or no justification for such a policy, for in some fields, such as modern languages, the advantages to be gained from a year's sojourn in Europe are many and obvious; moreover, unless there should result a hegira to the Continent in large numbers--which would be extremely unlikely--it is difficult to see why the University should object to men financially able in taking advantage of this opportunity. It should abandon its obscurantist tactics and put the transferral of credits on a rational basis, recognizing that for some men a year spent abroad...
...desires of the student who wishes definite instruction concerning the business of the theatre as well as instruction in public speaking, the chief attraction of the course is the congenial atmosphere of informality with which it is conducted. More than a symbol of Professor Baker's vigorous sojourn at Harvard, English 10b stands as a healthy prophecy that the University will again, sometime, have a "live" department of the Drama...