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...purchase of these books consideration has been given to the character and scope of the books chosen, those of a technical or special nature having been avoided along with the lighter fiction of the day in favor of those of more general and universal interest. It was felt that the former two types would be of little value to the Union, especially as the first is well provided in the college libraries. It has been the policy of the Committee to consult the opinion of members, so that all suggestions may be given consideration...
...Along with everybody else, to the team that won, we extend our congratulations, and to the team that lost, our sympathy; to every man who worked to make the season a success, our appreciation for doing his best. Debating has won its place among the truly strenuous diversions, and as feeling is proportionate to the intensity of the effort, a defeat and a victory bring a mingling of the bitterest and the sweetest. We should not grieve too much for a championship that might have been: if this year's efforts have failed to bring us more than divided honors...
...first time in its history Harvard will be represented by a Freshman team at the relay carnival of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, April 25. Along with the 1917 men will go the University team to compete in the one-mile championship...
...half-course of college work, the fact still remains that as things now stand; the work of managership cannot receive scholastic recognition, and must in a sense be its own reward. Valuable it undoubtedly is for "efficiency for after life," and the suggestion to catalogue "Football Managership A" along with "Public Finance B" is tempting. But the same thing could be said for a dozen other highly important and worth while outside activities of undergraduate life. To recognize managerships and other major activities academically, would be to give scholastic credit for a course consisting of "laboratory work" alone, indefinite, uncorrelated...
...soon as th frost is out, the builders will begin grading and terracing, the grounds. The grass courtyards will be intersected by gravel walks. An iron fence similar in design to that surrounding Soldiers Field will be built on Boylston street in front of Smith Hall, and along Charles River Road from the power house to Standish Hall, between Standish and Gore Halls, and across the court yard of Gore Hall. In this last section will be placed a gate given by the Fly Club in memory of their members who died in the Civil and Spanish Wars...