Word: west
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...certain stiffness and restraint in the Harvard manner invariably makes an unfavorable impression on a man accustomed to the breeziness of the free-and-easy West, but it can hardly be taken to mean that there is less of real democracy at Cambridge than in the college towns on the Coast. Harvard democracy is accustomed to express itself in a less demonstrative fashion, that is all, and although it lies deeper beneath the surface, its presence cannot be denied...
...glance at the price list of Yard rooms might have proved enlightening as to the ridiculous rentals paid by rich students, and a trip through the new Freshman Dormitories might have corrected some of the ideas of this son of the young and growing West in regard to Harvard's devotion to the rickety old dormitories of a former century. The comical irritation which he shares with other Westerners over the "affectations" of our Eastern speech might have also been tempered had he but stopped to consider the counter irritation which an occasional raucousness of the Western voice often produces...
...initial practice of the two first crews in the Lynn harbor which was to have been held yesterday afternoon was postponed until today because it was found impossible to arrange facilities for launching the shells. The float used by the West Lynn Boat Club was washed away shortly after being put in place, and without it no boats could be put on the water. The two shells which were sent down yesterday have arrived and the Pup 1, which will be used by Coach Haines, has been launched on the harbor. Early this afternoon the two first eights will leave...
...first boat will make the trip in automobiles and the second will follow by train. Coach Haines and Second Assistant Manager A. F. Tribble '19 looked over the course yesterday and completed arrangements with the West Lynn Boat Club officials. Two shells and a coaching launch will be sent down this morning. While Haines is busy with the two University eights, Assistant Coach Brown will be in charge of the remaining crews...
...existing military situation President Lowell has cancelled the Western trip which he expected to make this month, and will remain in Cambridge instead. He was to have delivered the Charter Day address at the University of California, and to have visited several of the Harvard clubs of the West...