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Nothing so impresses one with the wonder of this country as to delve into its early history and draw comparisons with the present. The same is true of the University, following the country's fortunes almost from the first settlement. So it is not amiss, on the 150th anniversary of the burning of Harvard Hall, to read the quaint letter of President Holyoke's daughter, and realize the changes of so many years. Apparatus estimated at the value of fifteen hundred dollars, five thousand books and pamphlets-the largest library in America-and some furniture were lost in the Harvard...
...such test of its material equipment in store; but an equally thorough probing of Harvard's mental furnishings is scheduled to begin a fortnight hence. Vacation, according to an old tradition, is for the immediately following period somewhat demoralizing as well as refreshing. So it may not be amiss to sound a warning, time-worn but always pertinent, that the test of "Mid-years" is at hand, and therein is to be found no chance for "shifts...
...shown the real spirit of college athletics, the striving after an ideal of perfection which will make the team and the individual an honor to Harvard. A word also to the athletes whose training is not so rigorous as to require their presence in Cambridge may not be amiss. Although we do not feel that they should be unnecessarily restricted in the enjoyment of a well-earned vacation, we do believe that they should observe certain general rules regarding sleep and diet. Surely every athlete owes it to his College and to himself to return to Cambridge after the recess...
...importance of the violation of certain eligibility rules mentioned in the editorial column yesterday seems to have been overestimated, a word of explanation is not amiss. The violations referred to were all in the minor sports and not over half a dozen in number. The reason that attention was called to these cases was simply that further offences might not be allowed to occur with the possibility of serious consequences...
...speeches of welcome and advice intended to draw the new arrivals together and make them feel at home. We hope that such gatherings will be arranged this year as in the past; but as they are at best only artificial methods of accomplishing their purpose, it may not come amiss to suggest to the class of 1911 that the real opportunities for becoming acquainted as individuals and united as a class lie with themselves. However many classmates they may meet at large or small receptions, they will never feel well acquainted until they have come in contact in some more...