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...When he arrives at Cambridge and is settled in his room, he finds that his neighbors are Law School men, graduate students, and a few upperclassmen, and that he is half a mile away from the centre of undergraduate life on Mt. Auburn street, about which he has never heard. To get into the geographical location in which he belongs, takes him a year. This alone is a serious handicap to the Westerner who enters without friends; moreover it is a handicap that might easily be avoided...
...still the cry is heard that intercollegiate athletics are absorbing all the interest, while sports within the University are being kept alive under false pressure...
...clubs bring loyalty to the hearts of graduates and increase our academic reputation; but in no way can the younger generations be reached, except by an actual invasion by the undergraduates themselves. Their testimony on the breadth of opportunity involved in four years of life at Harvard will be heard by the younger generations, who, after all, are the ones we need most to reach...
Unfortunately but few men availed themselves of the opportunity to hear Dr. Allen speak on municipal reform in the Union last evening. Those who were fortunate enough to be present heard a frank and sincere statement of what can be done practically to solve the burning municipal problem. There was no theory, no meaningless generalizations; simply a straightforward talk from a man, who, not content with the conclusion that municipal government is a failure, is working from the bottom up, by determining the defects that make possible political corruption in our cities...
Although nothing but favorable comment has been heard on the proposal to publish the names of men who have been found guilty of speculating in football tickets, the Athletic Committee still hangs fire. No one doubts the effectiveness of such a step in checking this abominable violation of a Harvard man's privilege, and most of us are agreed that it is the only way to forestall future offenses. The chief objection of the Athletic Committee has been the fear of doing injustice to men whose names have been forged, or who have been guilty only of carelessness in disposing...