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...have little weight. The friendships that are most prized in later years are those formed, not by the accidental rooming in the same entry, but by the influence of a common interest, or work in a common activity. In the two and a half years that I have lived in the Yard, I have failed to discover that the hap-hazard system has justified itself in any very marked degree: for it has in most cases fostered only acquaintances, whereas community of interest gives rise to friendships. There is nothing very snobbish about finding one man more congenial than another...
...some opposition. The officers of the class have devised a scheme by means of which men wishing to room in the Senior dormitories may apply in groups of 14, this number being just sufficient to fill an entry. This arrangement affords a splendid opportunity for groups of friends to live together. The men who have formulated this plan realize, however, that it is not possible for the entire class to break up into groups of 14, and have therefore made arrangements whereby groups of eight, four and even two men, may be assigned rooms in the dormitories. All this...
...Harding emphasized the fact that this new system will enable the small units in which every class is divided to live close together and, by learning each others' points of view, prevent the rupture and disunion which have in some former years ruined all class unity and life after graduation. The next speaker, A. Gregg, praised the new method in that it enabled men to have some sincere reason for rooming in the Yard and did away with the custom of applying simply because it was a thing generally done by most of the class. P. D. Smith, denying...
...found, which has since been identified as the European elm bark-borer--scolytus multistriatus-marsh. In Germany it is known as the "splint kafer" and it is one of their most injurious pests. It enters the bark and the newly hatched larvae work in the splint of the live wood causing the bark to loosen and eventually fall off. Scores of trees in the Yard and about Cambridge have been examined and without exception all of them are infected...
Another natural enemy of these insects are the birds. A careful examination of the Yard shows that birds' nests are conspicuous by their absence. Occasionally one sees a bird, but it's rarely, and they do not live among us. For the English sparrow and grey squirrel have completely driven such birds as the flicker and woodpecker away. Here is a conflict of sentiments, trees vs. squirrels. And the result is, many squirrels, few birds. Few birds, many insects. Many insects, few trees...