Word: stamps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Applicants must enclose a self-addressed envelope at least 7 by 3 inches in size, stamped with 12 cents postage for the return of tickets by registered mail. A one cent stamp must also be placed on the postal card to secure acknowledgement of application. Applications close at 5 P. M. on Wednesday, October 16th, for the Princeton game, on Thursday, October 31st, for the Dartmouth game and on Tuesday, November 5th, for the Yale game...
...most fitting. This is the occasion upon which the famous scholars of the present and the promising scholars of the future come together in recognition of all that is worth while in scholarly activities. Phi Beta Kappa Day is the opportunity which the College possesses to place the stamp of approval on undergraduate scholarship and to bow in reverence before those who have brought permanent honor to Harvard by their scholarly work. This day, therefore, is a most fitting occasion upon which to honor those undergraduates who, through intellectual capacity and distinct originality, have succeeded in winning undergraduate prizes...
...lectures in one of the large Sophomore courses during the last few weeks recall to some of us our school days, when any childish amusement was preferable to paying attention to the teacher. Apparently there are still many "college men" who are strongly addicted to the puerile habit of stamping. As a means of expressing approval or disapproval of what a lecturer says, the use of a pair of large and hardy feet (organs indispensable in many emergencies) is absurd. Men of impulsive natures with frequent and acute temptations to stamp in lectures, should practice self-restraint. If they must...
...only contingency which prevents the acceptance of Mr. Grahame-White's fine offer, is the possibility that the Athletic Committee may refuse the use of the field. There seems absolutely no reason for this, and such action would stamp the committee as highly indifferent to the interests of the student body...
With the death of Alexander Agassiz the country has lost one of its most constructive minds, Harvard one of her greatest sons. Versatile in achievement, as in interests, he left upon his many activities the stamp of genius. He contributed greatly to the advancement of science by his illuminative studies and his extensive deep-sea exploration, as well as by organizing and supporting the scientific inquiries of others. Foremost as naturalist and comparative zoologist, he was versed in anthropology and trained in engineering. But whatever line of precise thinking he took up, he brought to it abilities of the first...