Word: whether
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Freshman year. Before this time he is required to select his field for concentration. A priori, we may assume that he knows nothing of economics, for no student in his first year may take Economics A without special permission from the instructor. Obviously no one can wisely say whether he cares to make an advanced study of any subject when he has mastered little more than its rudiments. This fact is recognized by those who administer the elective system, for no student is denied the privilege of changing his field for concentration, unless it is suspected that he is trying...
...generally conceded, I think that the chief purpose of a college education is population of mental power on the part of the student. It is platitudinous to say that nothing that one learns in college is of direct use in after life. Knowledge is a means, not an end. Whether that knowledge be concentrated or diversified is of little consequence so long as it is profound enough to give the desired mental power. ALFRED WALTER...
...make the dance a complete success. The committee has deemed it advisable to rule against flowers being sent to any of the ladies. Owing to the fact that this has not been generally known before and that as it may have made a difference with some in determining whether to attend the dance it has been decided to give further opportunity to apply. The last day for receiving applications will now be Tuesday, January, 22. Blanks should be returned immediately to W. H. Clafin, Harvard Union...
...both hopelessly small and hopelessly ugly. An armory would deprive the Dance of its atmosphere, would transfer it into a mere subscription party, nondescript and characterless. A Boston hotel would present unwise and perhaps disastrous extraneous temptations. We recall the class dinners of old. Finally, it is doubtful whether engaging any of these places would decrease expenses. The apparent price might be lower, but the general average would be higher. For the Union, the class pays no rental; and those who are already members escape for a comparatively small price. For any other suitable hall, the rental would be high...
Back about twenty-five years ago, the University was winning pretty consistently in the individual athletic events, but Yale was victorious in the sports where team-play was required. Men attributed this to the evils lf Harvard individuality, but whether or not this is true, a decided reversal has taken place in the matter of the large athletic honors since the Seniors went into the Yard as a body four years ago. Team-play is the greatest thing and this the Senior dormitories furnish in fulfilling Harvard's mission of turning out men of affairs who are the most forceful...