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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Another step in the cementing of a spirit of good-will and friendliness between the United States and Latin America was made when President-elect Hoover presented the new Associated Harvard Clubs scholarship to Argentina. With the tremendous growth of business and cultural relations between North and South America in the past few years. Spanish is being taught more and more in the United States, and at the same time, as Professor Haring points out, there is an increasing tendency among Latin Americans to look to us rather than to Europe for intellectual leadership. At Harvard and at most...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A GOOD-WILL SCHOLARSHIP | 12/17/1928 | See Source »

According to a vote of the administrative board announced by Dean Hanford this morning, all undergraduates whose academic grades at the November reckoning averaged B or better may exercise the Dean's List privilege in regard to the extension of their Christmas holidays. This step is both wise and timely. It recognizes and removes the stigma of illegality from what has been a common practice among men who did not attain official Dean's List ranking at the January or June times of demarcation, but raised the record of their scholastic progress to the required level at November...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DEAN'S LIST PRIVILEGE | 12/15/1928 | See Source »

...major arguments in favor of the step are two. Many familiar with the sight of a first-class pitcher who has allowed three hits in seven innings being removed from the line-up to allow a strong hitter to toe the plate. Mr. Heydler's plan would allow the pinch-hitter and keep the pitcher in the game. Besides the elimination of this handicap to a team, Mr. Heydler points out that his plan would speed up ball games by doing away with the annoying delays of getting a pitcher ready to hit, and getting him a sweater when...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BASEBALL TEN | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

...step toward specialization and toward a privilege for pitcher and hitter alike will not find favor, it is likely, with the majority of baseball...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE BASEBALL TEN | 12/13/1928 | See Source »

Most of the Dramatic Club plays of recent years have been successes before they started. Everyone has known about them. There has been a tying and untying of pretty packages up and down until the casual stroller in the street kicks up at every step tinsel and tissue paper, all with that enticing label: "Not To Be Opened Until Just Before Christmas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MERRY CHRISTMAS | 12/12/1928 | See Source »

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