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...receive in their Freshman year destroys their preconceived ideas. And henceforth they suffer most from a lack of knowledge, not only of the nature of various occupations, but also of their own special aptitudes. They flounder about from one study to another, immersed at the same time in a welter of distracting undergraduate activities, with no guiding purpose. On graduating some, merely following the line of least resistance, become teachers, without regard for the special qualifications needed for high success in that profession. Others drift into business positions, in which they are dissatisfied; and frequently they lose several years...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOR EXPERT ASSISTANCE. | 11/1/1915 | See Source »

...welter of evening lectures, concerts, and meetings which the myriad interests of Harvard offers, there is much confusion. The music-lover who is anxious perhaps to hear a famous statesman lecture loses an opportunity, because he cannot miss his Symphony; and the member of many clubs and organizations frequently finds himself swamped with their meetings when distinguished world authorities to whom he would like to listen, are talking three blocks away in Emerson J or the Union...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A NIGHT FOR EVERYTHING. | 1/16/1914 | See Source »

...entries from the University wrestling association are: welter-weight class, W.D. Wile 2L.; middle-weight class, T.L. Cooper 2L.; R.M. Page 1L., G.D. Osgood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: N.E. Wrestling Championships | 3/8/1911 | See Source »

...Welter--weight--G. D. Osgood '12 defeated S. B. Warner '12, by one draw and one fall...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Successful Wrestling in Gymnasium | 12/18/1909 | See Source »

...Welter-weight--T. L. Cooper 1L. vs. G. D. Osgood...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FIRST WRESTLING EXHIBITION | 12/17/1909 | See Source »

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