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...effect. It would forever remove the modern reproach that an University that cannot support itself is not an economic utility, but merely a parasite. And it would reserve the advantage of the endowment to those for whom the endowment was intended, by the givers, namely students who could not afford a higher education, if they were dependent upon their own resources. Surely Harvard would have no endowment at all, had it been realized that it was to be used to pay the expenses of students with $500 apartments and a Locomobile in the garage. Yet so it is being used...
...object of the new interclass system is to afford everyone who is interested and who has not sufficient ability to make the University squad, a chance to play. The success of the series depend to a large degree upon the number and enthusiasm of participants. At present the three upper classes have falled to organize regular nines. If more men report for practice than are needed to make up the first teams, second nines also will be formed. The new system is a good off and many who otherwise would be but "bleacherites" will now become players. With proper support...
Because of the large number of characters in the play, 10 female and 18 male, unusual opportunity is offered to all those who like to act. The character parts are especially clever, and afford a wide range of interpretation. Undergraduates are eligible for the men's parts, while the female roles will be taken by members of Radcliffe College...
...before June 1, 1920. In past years the average subscription has come to $40 and individual subscriptions have ranged from $10 to $2,000. As this year's expenses will be greater than ever before, it is hoped that subscribers will give as much as they can possibly afford; but no one should hesitate to subscribe even a very small amount, as it is the treasurer's purpose to make this fund representative of every one in the class...
...president today, it is of first importance that the president should be a man of great administrative capacity. The danger of a serious break-down of the administrative machinery of the nation is so imminent, and the effects would be so far-reaching and disastrous, that we cannot afford to elect a man whose administrative capacity has not been tested and proved...