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...Harvard. Since this is apparently impossible at present, a very satisfactory substitute is available. The scholastic aptitude test, as a criterion of native ability, and the comprehensive English examination, as a criterion of preparation, should be required of every applicant. In conjunction with these the present demand for a transcript of the school record should, of course, be continued. An oral examination of the candidate for admission would also be a valuable method of ascertaining his aptitude for college work. In this way the sterility of secondary education, for which the colleges are largely responsible, would be combatted...
Indeed if majority rule is a principle backed with any fact at all, the Harvard man attends the Symphony with complete satisfaction, glances at the births, deaths, and engagements in the Transcript each evening, and in general leads a happily sheltered and provincial life...
...Harvard life by such notables as Professor Morison, Dean Hanford, and William J. Bingham '16. Director of Athletics. Perhaps most interesting of the lot is a re-printed essay by the late Le Baron R. Briggs '75, entitled "Harvard and the Individual." This was first published in the Boston Transcript in 1903, but its subject is one that is as vital today as, when it first appeared. There is also an interesting article on "Habits, Customs, and Manners at Harvard," by William 1. Nichols '26, former Assistant Dean and Publicity Director of the University...
...true that city editors are seldom known by name outside newspaper offices but I think Charley Marden of the Transcript has a wider acquaintance under that name than as Charles Marsden, which he was christened in the TIME article...
Managing Editor Boston Transcript Boston, Mass...