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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Every one of the nominees has had a more or less prominent part in the activities of the College. They have done their tasks partly, in some cases wholly, for the honor of Harvard without thought of personal glory. Men take up the extra-curriculum work for their interest in it, but to do it well requires unselfish devotion and often means the sacrifice of other more pleasant things. To have been nominated for class office is in itself a mark of recognition; and to be elected is the highest reward that the class can give for work well done...
...class election should be determined on merit alone. It is an ideal not often attained, but it is none the less an ideal to be sought after: to cast aside personal likes and dislikes, to vote for the men who most deserve office and who are best fitted for carrying out the obligations of office, and to abide by the results without complaint...
...construction of the new buildings one at a time as the funds become available and as the growth of the chemistry department makes more room necessary. Though the complete plant may not be ready for some years, the work of getting it will be distributed, and will be less of a strain on the men who collect the funds and on those who give...
Yesterday's brief report of the meeting of the Board of Overseers recorded a vote in which that body concurred with the Corporation in approval of the establishment of Freshman dormitories. The subject is of less immediate interest than the approaching changes in the elective system, but Freshman dormitories, when they become realities, will have a greater effect on undergraduate life than any limitation that is likely to be placed on the choice of studies...
...exists between pupil and teacher in our colleges, between members of the teaching force, and members of the student body. You, of course, look upon us as people who lie over on the other side of a barrier. You look upon us as people set in authority, more or less interfering with your occupations in undergraduate days, imposing tasks upon you, which perhaps we have a legal right to do, yet you feel that you would be better if we did not interfere. But in such an attitude you are losing in a large measure that which is finest...