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...attitude of the Pharisee only became dangerous when it was enunciated. This danger Harvard has always been able successfully to avoid. It has consistently "given thanks that it is not as other colleges are," chiefly because it has never said so, at least for publication. It has succeeded in maintaining this feeling by means of example, not by precept. The incoming Freshman comes to feel that he has at last reached a grown-up institution and that it is up to him to put away childlike things. Very often his illusions of what a college ought to be are shattered...
Juniors are requested to attend to these matters on time in order to avoid an eleventh-hour rush and subsequent confusion...
...making the award the chairman commented on the high character of the speaking done by both sides and expressed the opinion that the debate was the best interclass contest ever held. The one fault in the match was a tendency of both wings to avoid the point at issue, due to the faculty wording of the proposition, in which many loopholes were found. The affirmative stated that there were three possible courses open to the United States: either to continue the policy of exportation of arms and foodstuffs, or to place an embargo on such exportation, or to enter...
...This enables him to get into the elcar where he can see the play, and gives him a chance to cut down the interference and to hurry the play. The thrust is diagonal rather than direct. Even on plays through the line the defence is thus enabled to avoid being smothered. The same general principle applies in attack. With a quick-starting backfield that is coming in standing up, it is not necessary to rub your opponent in the dirt. A quick thrust to throw him out of the play and leave the offensive forward free to go through...
...ballots were improperly marked, and were therefore disqualified. Where the votes were close, the ballots were recounted in order to avoid any possible mistakes. In the case of Williams and Blanchard, with a difference of one vote; nine recounts were taken to make sure of the result...