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...Sever 29Mathematics C 1a, 1b, Pierce 304Mathematics 5a:Adamowski-Fiske, Sever 1Fleischmann-Mannes, Sever 7Morris-Young, Sever 8Music 4c hf., Sever 13Philosophy 7, Emerson DPhilosophy 12a, Emerson DPsychology 1, Emerson DScandinavian 2, Robinson ASemitic 8, Sem. Mus.Semitic 12, Sever 13Social Ethics 4, Emerson DSpanish 5:Ajemian-Ellis, Sever AField-Yelverton, Sever 112 P. M.Semitic...
...these years terminates the monopoly of Harvard, Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale in football interest, for a number of colleges in this period sent their first teams afield. Among these early aristocrats of the sport are Brown, Dartmouth, Lawrenceville, Lafayette, Lehigh, Swarthmore, Wesleyan, and Williams. An important feature of the sport which made its advent in the early '80's was signals. Originally these were words and sentences, later single numbers, and finally the complex signal systems that have prevailed for 30 years. A strange occurrence in this time was that Harvard's Faculty unexpectedly abolished football...
...lecturer on history and a tutor in the Division of History, Government and Economics. During the current year he is giving lectures at Yale also. The brilliancy of his intellect and his capacity as a teacher are generally recognized, but his views on social and political topics run far afield from those which have usually been accounted orthodox, and his recent utterances on the Boston police strike have been hotly challenged by some of his colleagues, as they doubtless will be by many of the alumni...
...seriousness from the Transcript office. Excellent, too, is the life of General Edwards which may, one would hope, suppress the possible appearance of the half-dozen volumes of biography which seem destined to appear in defiance of sweet reasonableness. The Book Page is weak; but the Churchman Afield, particularly its notes, would not be despised by Mr. Leacock. The account of the War is in the Transcript's best manner, though it probably shows rather more historical knowledge than the Transcript is wont to display...
...pleased to see how quickly the newcomer like Mr. Lloyd is assimilated to the Harvard environment, and especially pleased to see the eagerness with which he takes up the gauntlet for his new alma mater. As with most converts, unfortunately, his enthusiasm has lead him far afield...