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Only on four occasions was the Crimson within scoring range, although the invaders stated that the Harvard opposition was considerably stiffer than Yale's, despite the narrower 40-0 score at New Haven...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Cambridge Team Submerges Crimson Ruggers 50-0 | 3/28/1938 | See Source »

First event on the 1938 ski calendar is the Harvard Race, open to all undergraduates, on January 9 at Mount Washington. All contestants will race on Sherburn trial in the morning, with the first twenty competing in a run-off on the stiffer Wildcat trial in the afternoon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Ski Squad Takes Part in Lake Placid Intercollegiate Meet on December 26; 12 Teams Compete in Jumping, Slalom | 12/17/1937 | See Source »

...other subjects caught the acting dean's attention. He regretted that many Harvard seniors were protesting against the stiffer entrance requirements to be introduced next fall. They probably would have worked harder had they known their college record was to count. Yet in any introduction some are unfortunately caught...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Decision on Four Year Law Course Until Further Study, Declares Morgan | 3/3/1937 | See Source »

...after the first year. At present many men drift into law-school upon graduation without definite purpose. They continue to drift through the first year and are dropped immediately following their final examinations. Such a system clogs the normal functions of a post-graduate academy and is obviously wrong. Stiffer entrance requirements, such as are in force at Yale, would eliminate the idle and the unfit, and would increase the effectiveness of both faculty and student body...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PLACE AND THE MAN | 1/12/1937 | See Source »

Though officers in the Naval Science unit will not be appointed until December, total enrollment figures as released Saturday list 200 students. The Holyoke Street office has rejected many candidates because of stiffer physical requirements this year and also because a neighborhood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: LOCAL MIL. SCI. SHOWS NATIONWIDE INCREASE | 10/13/1936 | See Source »

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