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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...professing his complete endorsement of ex-Secretary Root's tribute, adding "and especially do I share every word Senator Root has said concerning what may happen to Dr. Eliot in the future." President Taft then commented upon President Eliot's character and ability to administer, and the high standard he has set for university presidents of the future. He concluded: "All Senator Root has said I heartily endorse; it was one of the most discriminating speeches I have ever heard the Senator from New York make, Dr. Eliot is the dean of the teaching profession, and has made that profession...
...President Eliot's last report to the Board of Overseers, he deals at length with two questions of great importance to the undergraduates. In regard to three-year graduation, the President believes that the regular College term should be reduced to that period. Such a change would raise the standard of labor in College, prevent the present confusion of the fourth year and "bring earlier into their professions the best trained young men." These results would undoubtedly be well worth accomplishing, but the benefit and pleasure to be derived from spending four years in Harvard College are not things...
...work will be conducted under the usual conditions and the customary standard of efficiency will be required, but as the competition will close at the same time as that already in progress for members of the class of 1912, shortly before the final examinations, the usual period of work will be shortened by about three weeks...
...Yale game with an unsettled line-up and poorly developed team play. The defence with Brown and Allen is fairly good, and Newton is doing well at centre. Wellman and Miller are from the 1911 team, but their work this year has not been up to the standard of the first team forwards in former years...
...Club was founded in 1898 and has for its object the promotion of musical knowledge and appreciation in the University, by the production of original compositions of the students, by the performance of standard works and by the discussion of musical subjects. The Club is composed of officers and students in the department...