Word: discussion
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...this smoker, like all others in the University, will be a business meeting as much as a social gathering. It is only at such affairs that a class can discuss matters of common interest, launch its plans, and find exactly where it stands. And if the present Senior Class, the only class which has bridged the gap from peace times to peace times, does not revive the traditions to be discussed this evening, more than one Harvard custom will be thrown into the discard because of the war. Primarily there is Class Day and Commencement Week; no other class...
...Conference will be held in the Trophy Room of the Union under the auspices of the Phillips Brooks House Association tomorrow evening at 6.30 o'clock. Representatives of the various settlement houses and social centres will be the guests of the Social Service Committee at the meeting, and will discuss with the students, ways and means of improving the service rendered by University volunteers, and the problems of the Americanization of foreign students...
...records were broken today and the Pentathlon passed from the possession of Pennsylvania which has always held it to Georgetown University. Pennsylvania's Pentathlon discuss record of 113 feet, 10 1-4 inches was beaten by John Bartels of Pennsylvania, the former holder, by 7 feet, 8 1-4 inches. The other record broken was the javelin throw also by Bartels, beating Berry's 1915 record of 158 feet, 6 3-4 inches by 1 foot, 1-2 inch. B. E. Legendre of Georgetown University won the Pentathalon with 14 points, and Bartels of Pennsylvania, last year's holder...
This evening from 7 to 7.45 a meeting will be held in the Randolph Breakfast Room under the auspices of the Phillips Brooks House Association, to discuss plans for the annual Student Conference at Northfield next June. R. E. Gross '19 will preside and will tell of the work that is done there and outline the daily events that will take place. W. P. Whitehouse '17, 1L., will speak briefly on his personal experiences at Northfield. All members of the University are invited to the meeting...
...History, Government and Economics to other departments. But this system should be made for more real and vital; it should be an essential part of the college course, rather than a forgotten fortnightly chore. This would enable the student to come into closer contact with the teacher, who could discuss with him subjects of immediate interest and link them up with his academic work. The tutor could also suggest and encourage reading in a more intimate way than can be done with a large class. Much benefit could be derived if it were possible for the most prominent members...