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After having been graduated from Harvard, I am inclined to doubt the existence of a "Harvard type" as such. Among graduates of Harvard there may be snobs--those who would deny it most strenuously are very likely to be those most open to fault--but certainly they are not numerous, no more so than graduates of other colleges, at least. Whether the "type" to which Arthur Train refers was more prevalent in the earlier days of Harvard, when the student body was more localized in its geographical distribution than at present, is a question which I do not feel competent...
...arrangement of vacations so unfavorable to the man living at a distance from Cambridge as to be an important factor in his decision regarding a choice of college? Is our athletic policy, which discourages long trips for return games, save under exceptional circumstances, a contributing cause? Does the fault lie in the lukewarm reception which is only too frequently given to school and college teams visiting us? Is the Harvard social system so designed that it repeatedly occasions detrimental resentment among a great many undergraduates and benefits but a few, and is this the one basic cause of the trouble...
...after rendering two groups of songs which included a wide selection. The audience showed its appreciation of the work of the Glee Club, and this in spite of the rather long program so characteristic of its concerts. It is difficult to determine whether this can be classed as a fault or not; it is perhaps more a tribute to the organization's performance that the audience does not protest at the lengthy presentation. Certainly the concert did not reflect the least abatement in the ambitious aims of the Glee Club and proved that the association is as versatile and accomplished...
...lacking truth it shows a total lack of sane judgment and also of any ideas of etiquette or of the fitness of a subject for an editorial. I am thoroughly in accord with the thought expressed in the first paragraph, but to illustrate with the course in question the fault that was pointed out is certainly outside the boundaries of fact. I was not impressed by any "overabundance of minutiae" or by any stressing of details except where necessary for a knowledge of the subject. This, however, is merely my personal opinion as opposed to the personal opinion...
...inactuality, Germany is in no worse a state than France. There would be far more reason for England to assist her ally in recuperating in some measure from the effects of an invasion, rather than to take up the argument infavor of a country which is still at fault, in order to follow an unconquerable penchant for trade...