Word: statement
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...even two men, may be assigned rooms in the dormitories. All this is perfectly satisfactory to the members of the class, but there is one point which has created considerable dissatisfaction, and that is the method by means of which the rooms are to be allotted. The following statement was made by one of the speakers at the Junior meeting held in the Union, Tuesday evening: "It seems only fair that in allotting rooms in the dormitories, the men applying in groups of 14 should have preference." So far as I am concerned, I cannot see why groups...
...misunderstanding of the necessary qualifications of an oarsman--height and weight. We will pass over the former with the remark that the class of 1913 is bidding fair to mar the excellent record which it has maintained so far. As to the latter, we can only reiterate the statement that no previous experience is necessary, and that many 'Varsity oarsmen never sat in a shell before coming to College...
...University hockey management wishes to correct the statement made in several Boston papers on Monday morning to the effect that the Harvard-Dartmouth game scheduled for next Saturday will be played in New York. The game will be played in the Stadium at 3 o'clock, weather permitting...
...Committee then took up the statement that the game as played last autumn was more dangerous than ever before. A complete tabulation of deaths and injuries for 1909 made by Alexander Moffat of Princeton showed two fatal accidents to players on college teams and showed the kind of plays in which injuries are likely to occur. Incomplete data for previous years, however, prevented any comparisons being made. It was generally concluded that there was too much chance of injury in the game as played last fall and the Committee devoted the rest of its time to tabulating the sources...
...this week's issue of the Harvard Bulletin appeared the first of the two communications printed below. It is reprinted here to give point to the statement from Mr. W. S. Burke, Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings, in regard to the methods employed in the attempt to save the elms...