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...Thorough as was his scholarship, his genius was by no means purely academic. As a writer, he achieved fame in no mean degree; as an editor of important histories, his work was of immeasurable value; as a teacher he was admired and respected. His name stands high on the long list of men who have brought honor to Harvard...
...following men are on the committee: Beck, T. H. McKittrick, Jr.; Claverly, W. A. Lawrence; College House, A. K. Hanchett; Craigie, H. A. Rogers; Dana, A. Gregg; Dunster, J. Waite; Fairfax, L. Crocker; Grays, W. K. Blodgett; Hampden, S. O. Richardson; Holyoke House, C. S. Collier; Littles, J. P. Long; Matthews, S. B. Steel; Mt. Auburn St., E. W. Ellis; Perkins, including Foxcroft, L. H. Cushing; Randolph, including Apthorp House, M. E. Peabody; Ridgely, H. K. Bush; Russell, including Russell Annex, W. S. Jackson; Thayer, E. A. Bemis; Trinity, R. I. Case; Walter Hastings, H. Osgood; Weld, P. H. Bunker...
...regretted that the Musical Clubs can not take as long a Western trip as had been planned, for Harvard graduates living beyond the Mississippi have little opportunity to come into contact with our College organizations. How to maintain their interest in the University, and how to attract more students from the western half of the country are problems, the solution of which has only been begun in the last few years by renewed activity on the part of University officials...
Years ago these vacation trips were an annual event, and then for a long period they were forbidden by the Faculty. Two years ago the Faculty was persuaded to allow a resumption of the custom. Tradition says that i the early days the undergraduates who constituted the clubs were not always as careful as they might have been in their observance of the proprieties, and in consequence the Western graduates were forced to ask that no more visits be allowed. That conditions have greatly changed since that time, the success of the 1907 trip is sufficient proof...
...injuries occur in mass plays; if this is true the obvious remedy is to introduce more open play by removing the restrictions which now make the forward pass such an uncertain and desperate expedient. The last game on Soldiers Field showed how seldom this play will be used as long as, it is hedged about by limitations which make it a mere last resource. Such a change would also satisfy those who want a more spectacular contest than the present rules encourage...