Word: usefully
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...rapid growth of intramural sports in accordance with the avowed Harvard "athletics for all" policy. A total of 1725 men have taken part in organized intramural sports while the number of men playing squash tennis, and rowing independently has been correspondingly large as evidenced by the heavy and continuous use of all available equipment. These figures show a large increase over previous years...
...Crimson eleven displayed a wealth of power in these encounters but as usual in the early season lacked polish and finesse. A noticeable weakness, which was to prove a nemesis all season, early began to crop out. This was a failure to use or cope with an aerial game successfully...
...authorities of the University felt that a chemical laboratory and a fine arts building were needed more than a new gymnasium. The chemical laboratory and the fine arts building have been finished, and we hope very much that before another year the new indoor athletic building will be in use also. I hope the graduates who are returning for their reunions will find time to visit the site of this building. It is made possible through the generous gifts of three anonymous donors, but unfortunately the building cannot be finished unless $200,000 is forthcoming before late fall...
...income being about $10,000 more than two years ago, as a result of recent large gifts. This annual income is what the Library can count on regularly, for book buying. In addition to this, the experience of recent years justifies the expectation that special gifts for immediate use will provide from $15,000 to $20,000, the average of the past few years, which can be used to take advantage of special opportunities to enrich the Library. In other words, the College Library can count on buying about $80,000 worth of books each year...
...were first editions of John Milton's writings, but these two were all that Harvard needed out of 38 separate early Milton's which were among the important features in Mr. White's collection. By making the Harvard Milton collection just so much nearer perfection, scholars who need to use these books will find it as much easier to perfect their own work Similarly, three volumes have been added to the collection of John Donne's poems and sermons, which has been one of the features of the Harvard Library ever since the gift of Professor Charles Eliot Norton...