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...Varied Outlooks" attempts to cover too large and complicated a field. Hence he seems confused and hurried. But the questions he raises are pertinent and interesting. Is, however, his criticism of our immersion in athletic, club and other college interests--to the "detriment with us, unfortunately of the larger vision"--truly sympathetic and pro-found? The activities and institutions with which he finds fault are, after all, what few marks we have left of a distinctly collegiate way of living, and the culture of them is but a natural devotion to what later cannot be paralleled or refound. They...
...short time after the passage of this act, the Cambridge Bridge Commission passed a vote requesting Mr. Jackson, the city engineer of Boston, to make plans for a new bridge costing about $35,000, to be erected near the site of the present bridge. It was thought that a larger expenditure was unnecessary, as the alumni will probably erect a bridge over the Charles at some future time which will cost several hundred thousand dollars and will be more in keeping with the surroundings than any temporary structure...
...public hall larger than the Mechanics' Building in Boston is to be built in Cambridge on the Cambridge bank of the Charles River Basin, almost midway between Harvard Bridge and the new Boston Bridge. Although the building is being constructed chiefly for purposes of exhibition, it is expected that large indoor athletic contests, and perhaps national conventions will be given the use of the hall. It will be especially suitable for automobile and motor boat shows, since trials of the motor boats can be viewed at the same time that the automobiles are being exhibited in the hall...
Since the professional baseball season terminated, a larger proportion of those who watch football practice are of the type known in baseball lore as "fans." Another unnecessary faction is the younger set of Cambridge and Boston uncertainties popularly known as "muckers." This decidedly extra-University element has certainly developed undesirable proportions. Theoretically there is no objection to orderly visitors who desire to watch our practice, but the unpleasant evidences of the tobacco chewing habit left in the Stadium by the older enthusiasts, and the utter disregard of the younger element for the rights of others, make their presence a nuisance...
...Football Song Committee announces that 42 songs were submitted and that two have been selected for trial. The number of songs submitted this year is much larger than hitherto and the number chosen for trial smaller than in the past...