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...fighting contemporaries probably do not appreciate the fact that Memorial contains pictures of great value from the hands of our best portrait painters. But, whereas Napoleon never asked his dragoons to preserve "The Last Supper," members of Memorial have time and again been asked to respect the pictures that surround them. Damage has been done; that is known. The knowledge should be enough to put a quietus on further demonstrations of the fighting instinct...
Both of the winning essays in this year's competition for the Harvard Advocate prizes deal with the question of the humble position of the mere student as compared with the glories that surround the university athlete, and, to a less degree the society man. More significant of the place which this topic is holding just now in the university world is the fact that it was the theme of two thirds of all the essays submitted. The submerged tenth, it would thus appear, is not altogether without hope of emerging from the obscurity that...
...time so far has been spent in clearing and leveling the ground. Yesterday morning a steam shovel was put in operation, and digging for the basement of Smith Hall was commenced. The men are also driving piles for the foundation of the big, ornamental iron fence that is to surround the dormitories. The concrete walls of the basement will be started as soon as the excavation has reached sufficient depth. The rich top soil which is being removed will be saved, and banked around the buildings...
...first half of their Freshman year. The paper has always felt that the change from school routine to College routine, or rather independence, is one that should not be too abrupt, and accordingly, Freshmen are advised to spend their first months in College in learning the new conditions which surround them. Having passed mid-years safely, they may begin to look around for something to do in the way of outside work; and if work is desired that opens a field of varied interests, the CRIMSON offers an excellent opportunity...
China has always been absolutely segregated from outside influences by the great barrier of mountains which surround it on almost every side, and by the sea also, as its ships were not adapted to voyages of any great length. Its tribes show a curious combination of unity and variety. All have practically the same habits and customs, yet a native of one province is regarded as a foreigner by the inhabitants of another. After 690 B.C. China was gradually conquered by the Tartars, yet its civilization survived, so that within a few hundred years little trace of the Tartar...