Word: statements
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...many ways the Report of the Committee on the Choice of Electives is the University stethoscope, registering the heart beats of Harvard and its educational system. And again this year comes the statement that an increase is shown in the number of candidates for distinction and honors, a trend encouraging and significant. This gain is the sign of one of the nearing objectives in the Harvard academic system. The tendency may be taken as indicative of a desire on the part of undergraduates to take from College more than the common share would allot them. At any rate it suggests...
...however, very slight and conducted away by the excellent acting of Victor McLaglen; not to mention the presence in the picture of Lois Moran. Mr. McLaglen is usually a sympathetic actor, and Miss Moran is always very nice to look at--which may seem like a too categorical statement but is meant merely as an expression of personal preference...
...Rich men are becoming more considerate towards the working classes. They do not show the snobbishness towards the poor that was formerly so evident." This was the statement made by Professor Will Durant of Columbia University in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter. Professor Durant became one of the foremost philosophers of modern times with the publication of his "Story of Philosophy...
Probably the most amateur in spirit of all the major sports, crew has always attracted a large number of men who row merely because they find it the most expedient and pleasant manner of keeping fit. If one needed proof of this statement it is amply to be found in the fact that in spite of there being nothing approaching an objective race during the fall season nearly three hundred men have pulled an oar in some crew during the weeks just now coming to a close. The informality of the University squad and the flexible number of possible class...
...irked by that much compulsion at present." An inquiry as to how many undergraduates would like to continue under Freshman dormitory rooming and eating regulations throughout their college careers might throw valuable light on Mr. Holmes' contention here. But there is no reason, according to Mr. Holmes' statement why a student, once his House has been chosen, "will have no chance whatever to get into another House." It is certainly not difficult to perceive that any appreciable latitude in opportunity to shift Houses will soon lead to a general grouping on interest or class basis. That is, gentleman of leisure...