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...victory of that year. It cost us something then and has cost us more since. At that time one of the cries that was heard the loudest be moaned the absence of any sort of support for the team from what were supposed to be the Harvard stands. To avoid a repetition of such a failure this fall, men interested in the matter have secured a reduction of 45 per cent, in the cost of transportation, provided conditions, stated in another column, are fulfilled. The CRIMSON is certain that at least 300 men in the University will...
While this statute cannot be taken advantage of to avoid being admitted to the bar, it fits admirably situations like those of the Bureau. Chairman Bailey of the Bar Examiners has been inter-viewed on the subject and has given his entire approval to the scheme...
...fall, but to prevent any unnecessary delay in opening the bridge when it is finished. The wisdom of such action cannot be doubted for a moment; there may be some question of funds, though we think that two or three months interest is not too much to pay to avoid the inconvenience which will result if the pavement is not renewed at this time...
...extend an informal welcome, supplementary to that of the Reception and the Senior advisers. So long as these ideals are maintained and the committee refrains from any attempt to do more than extend such a welcome, its work will be of inestimable value. We are sure that it will avoid bewildering the unacclimated Freshman with a surfeit of advice on what to and what...
...haphazard beginning. Few are the students, who, starting out with no definite plan of study in their mind and no inclination to form one, ever cease their academic meanderings in order to follow a rational scheme of mental training. As they begin, so they end, intellectual skirt-dancers. To avoid such lamentable wasters of educational opportunities, the system of concentration has been put into force. This afternoon, the founder of the scheme, President Lowell, will speak to the Freshmen on the "Choice of Electives," and will explain to the its purpose and possibilities. No one is better qualified than President...