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Undoubtedly the paramount problem before the undergraduate community is the proper adjustment of academic and extra-curriculum work. The neglect of scholarship is a deplorable fact; persistent attention to so-called "outside activities" in omnipresent. We realize fully the maladjustment of our college life, and our problem concerns its readjustment. In the solution it is obvious that the various activities of some two-thousand men cannot be reduced to one pursuit, scholarship, but it seems possible that a closer connection may be set up between college courses and other undergraduate endeavor. If such a connection be possible, academic work will...
...this very situation which the University Teas go far toward remedying. The chance to meet members of the Faculty, to come to know them off the lecture platform, is one which we cannot afford to neglect. It is a privilege which in after years we should be sorry to have missed. Let us, then, take full advantage of this opportunity to become better acquainted with some of the men who make Harvard University what...
...have in charge the arranging of dates co-operate with the committee, the usefulness of the Date-Book will be considerably impaired. Only by consulting the Date-Book can such conflicts as that between the Whiting Recital and the Union Lecture for this evening be guarded against. Through the neglect of this opportunity, interference with other engagements is only too likely to ensue, with the result that both suffer in point of attendance. The committee asks, therefore, that no dates be set without consultation of the calender...
...Wadsworth House, discussing journalism. Nor should a spirit of diffidence keep students from enjoying a privilege which is extended in so generous a spirit. To think that they will appear too forward if they pay a visit to Wadsworth House is a poor excuse for men to neglect an invitation which should command a whole-hearted response. It is our hope that all students will embrace this opportunity to meet versatile and interesting...
Captain Withington urged the candidates not to neglect their academic work, for low standing, aside from directly affecting the team this spring, would affect the cross-country team next fall...