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...action of the New England Federation of Harvard Clubs in urging each local Harvard Club in New England to appoint a committee to spread information about Harvard among the schools in its neighborhood is, we believe, a wise one from every point of view. For the College it is essential, for even in New England Harvard does not occupy the obvious pre-eminence among the college-going classes that it once did, largely because the college-going class has so enlarged itself in the last twenty-five years. Nowadays great numbers of boys work their way through college, and many...
...this time when China is undergoing a great political change, we are forcibly reminded of the lack of any sort of course on China in the Harvard curriculum. We do not understand the real causes of this political change, which the strength of local government has facilitated, because we have no knowledge of Chinese history and progress. We attribute too much to western influence. But the republic has been established by Chinaman and to succeed must be based on Chinese customs and experience...
There will be a short season of five weeks during which the University team will play five intercollegiate games, besides several games with local teams, whose dates are not yet settled. While only eleven can play on a team, there is an opportunity for every man who comes out, since practically every position is open. Beginning next Monday, all candidates are expected to take some form of exercise, especially aiming to develop the wind. Regular practice will not begin, however, until the snow is off the ground, and Soldiers Field is in good condition. All men out for the team...
When in the course of local or state politics there has been a campaign to elect a peculiarly public-spirited citizen, or adopt a measure which would further the cause of good government, Harvard students have come forward pretty regularly and in good numbers to help. At the Boston city election tomorrow there will be a fight to keep the administration of the school system out of politics. It is only to repeat one of the first principles of good government to say that in the administration of public schools there can be no Democratic method or no Republican method...
...sleepers and a special baggage car for the accommodation of trunks and instruments and also to serve as a dressing room, will be used by the clubs throughout the whole trip. In all of the places to be visited the graduates have had charge of the local management and teas, smokers, and dinners have been planned in many cities...