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Candidates for the degrees of A.B. and of S.B. in Harvard College may apply, in writing, at 4 University Hall, not later than 12 o'clock on Thursday, June 24, for not more than one ticket, for the use of friends, to the exercises in Sanders Theatre on Commencement morning. Since the number of tickets is limited, the assignment, except to candidates recommended for degrees with distinction, will be made by lot. Candidates recommended for degrees with distinction and successful applicants in the allotment will get their tickets, if they apply in person, at 4 University Hall between...
...privileges only on rare occasions. They may have been members throughout their College course, or may have been graduated before the founding of the Union, thus losing the opportunity to become familiar with its advantages. Yet because as graduates they are eligible to membership, they are denied the use of the club-house on their occasional visits to Cambridge. It has become the policy of the Union to extend its privileges to men of several other colleges visiting Cambridge with their teams, while every Harvard graduate not a member is debarred. At such times the admission of alumni might...
...make use of one's rights in such a way as not to annoy others is the fundamental principle upon which all civilized society is built. Many of those who attended the concert in the Yard last evening, in the expectation of deriving pleasure from one of the few opportunities of hearing the Glee Club to advantage, went away disappointed solely because of the rowdyism of certain persons in Thayer Hall. Such a violation of the principle not only is against good breeding, but is contemptibly selfish...
...will get the job, provided he is personally acceptable. This underlying condition has led to many sharp decisions and much ill-feeling--we cite no instances, but the air is full of them. This must necessarily continue, so long as the present system is adhered to. What is the use of having a competition, if the best competitor does not win out? The money itself is hardly a consideration, since there are other and less obnoxious ways of raising that. The sole actuating cause seems to be the idea that there must be a competition of some sort, while there...
...use your columns to make an urgent request in behalf of the collection of clothing and text-books to be taken up tomorrow and Thursday by the Phillips Brooks House Association. Clothing of all kinds is solicited,--overcoats, coats, trousers, underwear, hats and caps, neckties, collars, shoes, etc. The best of the clothing is reserved for needy students and the remainder is sent to those institutions where the most needs can be served. For the text-book loan library any text-books in common use in the University courses will be most acceptable. The association is indebted to those...