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...this year comes a week later than usual, it is necessary for the proper regulation of the series that the first games be played during the week after the recess. The handful of men that have already signed up at Leavitt & Peirce's is a very poor showing in comparison to the two or three hundred who usually participate in the series...
Through a comparison of results by correspondence, Yale was awarded the final rifle match of the year, defeating the University team by the score of 948 to 929. The University team shot as follows: F. W. Capper '15, 189; L. Clark '16, 187; H. C. Allen '16, 186; M. P. Robinson 15, 185; S. T. Barker...
...love to think that our government is on a very high basis, and it is in comparison to a few, but it is essentially militaristic. About 400,000 men are authoritatively employed bearing arms in time of peace. This includes 200,000 soldiers and two men or more per thousand of population who are policemen, sheriffs, jailers, etc. Every time the government exercises its functions, it uses, actually or potentially, the total brute force of the people. It is only the above mentioned standing army of 400,000 "that prevents the constitution and laws from being 'mere scraps of paper...
...carrying on its experiments and for instructing future chemists. Yet while the special research laboratories, used only by professors and very far advanced students, are excellent and adequate, it must be admitted that the facilities for instructing the undergraduate are perhaps the worst in the country, and that, in comparison with some other departments, the chemistry department is at a distinct disadvantage. Boylston Hall is not fire-proof; its store-room is inaccessible; it is dark;--in fact it is hopelessly inadequate...
...report of the secretary for the student employment for 1913-14 shows in comparison with the figures for 1912-13, a decrease of 43 men employed, but an increase of $14,690.97 in the amount earned. Twenty positions bringing in approximately $3,300 were filled through the co-operation of the recently organized Appointment Office of the Harvard Club of New York. These are included in the report. The decrease in the number of men employed during the summer is largely due to the general business depression...