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...Surely gymnastics afford a splendid test of athletic efficiency, developing co-ordination of all the muscles. This year more men came out for the team than for some years past. These men had fine natural ability. If they had had a coach, they would have developed into a well-rounded team, since there were good men for all the apparatus. Having no coach, they had to train themselves, practicing their old "stunts" and picking up a few new ones. When they met well coached teams, they were ignominiously defeated. Amherst beat them...
Students interested in social service should remember that the Social Service Conference to be held at Brooks House this evening will afford an unusually good opportunity to get first-hand information concerning social evils and their alleviation from persons who have devoted their whole time and attention to the work. Harvard men have never been lacking in enthusiasm for social service; such a conference as this, offering as it does an opportunity for criticism by professional social workers, cannot fail to be of material aid in showing them how to apply that enthusiasm to best advantage...
This will be the first time that the University organization has held a joint concert with Radcliffe, and it will afford an opportunity not only to student in the University but also to the general public, to hear music that is seldom sung...
...Union upon "Extemporaneous Speaking" by Professor Copeland. In view of the interest which has recently been shown in the Forum and in debating, especial importance attaches to the subject of extemporaneous speaking. In the Noble Lecture and the talk on "Extemporaneous Speaking" opportunities are offered which few can afford to neglect...
...first place, any such trip has a democratic influence. The educated man comes into contact with others who have not had as many advantages for intellectual training, and learns to appreciate their work and understand their point of view. Then, too, this influence may work both ways, and afford others the opportunity to understand better the college man. It is hardly necessary to enumerate the other advantages of this proposed naval training. The value of the discipline, the experience to be derived from travel, and the physical development obtainable are obvious benefits. But, in order to work out the details...