Word: useful
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...report of the Library Committee of the Union has brought again to the attention of the University a state of affairs which becomes more and more disgraceful every year. Although the Committee has done everything in its power to permit unrestricted use of the library facilities by allowing books to be taken to various parts to the building, the members have grossly abused their privileges, and 73 volumes have been reported as missing from April, 1908, to January 1, 1909. It is charitable to suppose that when these volumes were removed, their readers intended to return them sooner or later...
Beginning tomorrow the Boylston street bridge will be closed for repairs for a period of about two weeks. Through arrangements made by Mr. Garcelon, the contractors will endeavor to keep a footbridge in use constantly, especially after 2 o'clock...
...pointed out by Dean Briggs, Mr. Garcelon, and Dr. Sargent, it is exceedingly desirable to have a suitable gymnasium for winter athletics. In that period of the year when out-of-door exercise is at its lowest ebb, many men go without any form of physical activity rather than use the Hemenway Gymnasium,--a state of affairs which must be changed immediately. In the words of the donor of the present building, "the best thing for the College to do would be to construct an entirely new gymnasium to combine the finest features of the best college gymnasiums...
...that the regular Harvard entrance examinations in June be abandoned, and that those conducted by the College Entrance Examination Board be substituted. Such a change could not fail to be of great advantage to the University, for the present system is much too restrictive and old-fashioned for modern use. To get into Harvard now, it is necessary to go to a school where the special subjects required are taught, and to decide on this College a long time in advance, in order to take the studies needed for admission. For boys of limited incomes who ordinarily go to high...
...University baseball team played an informal practice game of six innings with Bowdoin Saturday afternoon, winning by the score of 7 to 3. The Bowdoin team, on its vacation trip, had been invited to use Soldiers Field for the day, and the game was merely an incident in the practice of both teams. The University team had a great advantage as it was Bowdoin's first day of out-door practice. Errors were frequent and several times resulted in runs. In this respect the University team fared the worse, making four errors to Bowdoin's two. The batting was weak...