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...treasurers of undergraduate classes in Harvard do not make public the condition of class finances. Assessments are laid on members of a class, money is received and spent for dinners, smokers, and other purposes, treasurers hand over their accounts and funds to their successors as each annual election comes along; but the body of the class is never admitted to the secrets of the exchequer. This is not as it should be. Secrecy is not desirable, whether it cover up conditions of health or sickness, of affluence or bankruptcy. It savors of antiquated, autocratic methods, and is by no means...
Business as a career offers wonderful opportunities in the way of moral and intellectual development, and for public service along various lines. If business men properly order and organize their businesses, they have more leisure than men in almost any other calling for public service and altruistic work. But with the increased opportunities there come increased responsibilities, and to fulfill properly those responsibilities business men must entertain the right sort of ideals...
Harvard had two unfortunate innings, the third and the seventh, in which it did not score. Otherwise things moved along very nicely for everyone but the umpire. He had his hands full and was so overcome by the ease with which Harvard scored that he could not bear to see an opportunity for a tally slip by. Accordingly, after calling Coon safe at second in the fourth inning on a somewhat doubtful decision, he gave that player a safe at the plate when it seemed to many beside the Colby team that he was an easy...
...Meyers devoted most of his attention to the first bill. He declared such an institution as Harvard too great a burden for one community and that the valuations in Cambridge are one-third higher than they ought to be. Harvard is gradually acquiring land along the river, and now the Institute of Technology may establish itself here. He concluded by stating that he could not see whereby values were in any way benefited by the presence of the University...
...many respects. In Denmark, much more attention is paid to the all-around development of the body than in this country. Much attention is given to such athletics as gymnastics and wrestling. From the time the boys and girls enter primary school they are systematically instructed by trained experts along these lines, with the result that by the time they graduate from the secondary schools they are physically well developed...