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...essays reported shall be considered in the award of scholarships and the granting of degrees with distinction." The aim of this measure is to encourage men to compete for scholarships, by ensuring them some return for work which is meritorious, but which may not be quite good enough to attain a scholarship of prize...
...best of our resources. At present our object is to beat Yale in football, and as long as undergraduates are united upon that point, there is no need for digressions upon hypothetical instances whose accomplishment we cannot yet welcome even if they were practically possible. Let us strive to attain the end which appeals to the great majority, and let any reforms work out gradually, if the need of them is generally felt...
...that the importance of football is exaggerated, and they have strong arguments with which to back up their ideas. The great weight of opinion, however, seems to bear upon the fact that we are out to win, and that we should make the most of all fair methods of attain that...
...order to attain the highest efficiency, we believe that all three colleges should agree to select two teams for debates on the same night at the most convenient time of the year. Since this arrangement cannot be made for this year, we hope that Yale will consent to the proposed modification, and give Harvard a basis for taking a definite stand on the question...
...wish to call to the attention of all those undergraduates who intend to participate in spring athletics the fact that the hour examinations are close at hand. It is therefore essential that these men attain such a standing in their College work that there will be no danger of their disqualification...