Word: views
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...years the conditions at Memorial Hall have been, greatly ameliorated, and this improvement has found expression in augmented membership. The University Dining Council, which is composed in the majority, of students, has been instrumental in bringing about better conditions, and so far as introducing changes from the point of view and for the satisfaction of the student body is concerned, the Council has more than justified its existence...
Although the number of men who through their own effort are benefitting by the musical instruction which Harvard offers is steadily increasing, the majority of undergraduates are still inclined to view the achievements of the Musical Department with indifference. To cultivate a taste for good music, one must begin when comparatively young; and for most of us there will be no such opportunity, after leaving college as Harvard now affords...
...made by a recent action of the Faculty in the plans for admission to Harvard College. This change is a step further in the direction towards making Harvard easy of admittance to the public school student who has not had special training with the passing of Harvard examinations in view. The first step, adopted a few years ago, was in creating a second plan of admission called the New Plan, by which the pupil's school record was taken into account, the pupil having, in addition, to pass four examinations in advanced subjects...
Candidates for the University and Freshman tennis teams will be called out on Monday, April 21, the day College starts after the spring recess and the regular trials will begin on April 22. In view of this fact, all the men who expect to report are urged to practice as much as possible during the vacation. The first match on the schedule for the University team, with Amherst, will take place on May 3, and efforts will be made to have the team definitely chosen by that time...
...should he specialize?" Most people will say, "You'd better take as a backbone of your study that which you are going to make your life work." To this belief, however, President Lowell is a heretic. One of the objects of a course is to get certain points of view here which are not obtained in later life. If a man is going to be a physician, it is good for him to get a taste of literature in College. Whether right or wrong, this theory has something in it, and the studies which are directly in line with...