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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another fortunate change will be the placing of the Chinese collection in Boylston Hall. These volumes are at present scattered, occupying various portions of Widener Library, some being placed on the top floor, other portions of the collection being on the main and second floors. All of the pieces will be gathered together but their exact position in the Boylston Laboratory could not be stated positively yesterday by Mr. Potter...
...Freshman issue of the Advocate W. I. Nichols '26 examines the student activities in Harvard. He notes that Graduate Boards are viewing with alarm the decrease in numbers of candidates reporting for various competitions, and cites the two causes to which the Graduate Boards attribute the decline of active interest in competitions; the pressure of studies, which is making "grinds" out of undergraduates, and the glowing attractions of Boston ball-rooms and beaches and bootleggers. Nichols dismisses these superficialties, and feels the pulse of the old spirit of activity for the sake of personal glory, and finds its quiescent...
Following out Harvard's policy of inviting prominent business men to speak on actual contacts in the business world, the Wertheim Committee has arranged for the first of a series of talks tomorrow evening at 7.45 o'clock in Emerson D. The series will cover various aspects of the relations between employers and employees, and will continue through the autumn and into December...
...essays, to be judged by various sectional committees throughout the country may be not longer than 500 words, and will be judged on strength of argument, form of composition and excellence of English...
...Ames Competition lasts three years and consists of debates between the courts of the various Law School Clubs. During the first year, after the first-year men have been organized into courts, the qualifying round takes place. Each man must argue at least three cases during the year. He must argue the first case alone against a member of his own club, the second with the help of a member of his club against two other members of it, and the third with the help of one of his fellows against two members of another club. In the second year...