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Dates: during 1920-1929
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William James upon an occasion observed that the greatness of Harvard was secure in the "persistent atomic tendency" of her student body in her fostering of lonely self contained creatures who were not invaded by typical interests of the group...
...take three three hour examinations at the end of the Senior year; one covering the department of History, Government or Economics as the case may be one on a special field with in the department and a so called "general" examination on the two related departments in which the student is not concentrating...
Perhaps a better remedy would be an attempt to recast the form of the examinations in related fields in such a way that there would be a real correlation with the student's special line of study. A man concentrating in Government for example instead of attempting to become an authority on the whole field of Economics might be examined on some more restricted subject such as Public Finance or Governmental Regulation of Public Utilities in such a way that he would be able to focus his knowledge of Economics on something of real interest to his own line...
...sole purpose of producing a string of victories. In the four years that he has been at the reins in Harvard football his teams and their records have shown consistent improvement and this improvement has had its reflection in the ever growing optimism and good will of the student body...
...officials of the Freshman dormitory committees who are the student members of the temporary executive council are as follows: Smith Halls--M. C. Kirkbride '33, Albert Pratt '33; Standish Hall--R. G. Coburn, Jr. '33, B. F. Newcomb, Jr. '33; McKinlock Hall--L. A. Francisco '33, C. C. Pell, Jr. '33; Gore Hall--C. P. Lewis '33, W. B. Osborne...