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...middle of the stroke, and the slides are hurried down while the leg force is not put on with enough snap. Stroke does not swing enough; five does not face his oar enough and bow clips; No. 4 lets his slide go too soon and does not catch deep enough. Sawyer and Gilman have recently exchanged places, now rowing at four and two respectively...
...they do at present. The present feeling at Harvard seems to be that politics is a question sacred to the family hearth, that must not be touched upon by outsiders. Mingled with this feeling there seems to be a feeling of utter hopelessness, as if politics were buried so deep in the mire that respectable men would accomplish nothing beyond soiling their hands by interfering. This state of things is a deplorable one. Politics and the science of government should occupy a prominent place in the teachings of a university. Professors are not expected to inculcate ideas peculiar...
...ball in the spring and foot-ball in the autumn, and that will be all." This is certainly a gloomy prospect. But even at the worst we should hardly be reduced to this, as a large part of Holmes field is unfit for building purposes on account of a deep quick-sand. But any such encroachments on the fields now devoted to athletics are indeed "in strange contrast with the enthusiastic indorsement of home athletics given by the athletic committee and by the president in his annual report." The athletic committee recognizing that the erection of the new Physical Laboratory...
...protest, all of which seems to redound far more to the credit of the seniors than of the faculty: "We the undersigned members of the senior class, while we feel that our request was a reasonable one, and while we deny the charge of willful combination, yet feeling a deep interest in the welfare of the college, and because on account of the very determined stand taken by the other college classes the affair has assumed such unexpected proportions as to seriously menace the welfare of the institution, since we recognize that obedience to constituted authority is essential...
...European nations. Critics hitherto have been satisfied to point out wherein they deemed a book good or bad. It is now hardly too much to hope that they may find it work profitable to show why a writer is what he is. Mr. Perry's book, although of deep value to the reflective student, will be found - especially in its examination into the origin of the English novel, and into the growth of realism, - of fresh interest to the general reader. The work is a credit to Harvard scholarship...