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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Today the provisional list for the mid-year examination has been made public. It is a good thing that the announcement of these tests comes so long a time in advances. Like the wind that precedes the storms they serve as a warning; they give us a chance to re-inforce our intellectual foundation. The mid-years are, next to the finals, the worst event of a college year, but they are a trial that must be gone through with, So the main thing to do is to get ready. If we start now and brush up the dusty spots...
...December 28. At that time the representatives of American colleges will discuss proposed changes in the existing intercollegiate athletic system. Although the association will express its opinion on these changes only be resolution, yet it is voice will have a great effect on the country at large, One thing upon which all colleges and their athletic congressmen are agreed is that athletics in some form should be continued. The number of men who have done better in military service because of their athletics training is such that the position of athletics is no longer debatable. They have proved their value...
...they have not heard Professor Copeland read. This evening in Smith Halls Common Room they will have that privilege, for it is a great privilege to hear or see the best. We all like to be read aloud to, and if many of us object to this sort of thing frequently it is because the reading is not done well. Professor Copeland does not only read well; he reads better than anyone else. But more than this, his remarks and his talk--please do not think he will deliver a formal lecture--are the most enjoyable kind of an intellectual...
...understood what was wanted; they went and got it. Last of all must we again congratulate Dr. Mott, for it was he who awakened us. His speech of last week was the original energy which put the wheels of success in motion. A good combination is a most difficult thing to beat. Such a combination as Dr. Mott, the University campaign committee and the body of Harvard undergraduates could do nothing but bring about desired results...
...whether he has a good or a poor play, his following will turn out to see him triumph over the villains and kiss the prettiest girl in the show. The out-of-town trade may miss the kiss in catching the late train home, for it's the last thing on the program; but that's the play-wright's fault...