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...Byington '24 of Sao Paulo, Brazil, has written for two copies of "The History and Traditions of Harvard College" that sections of it may be translated into Portuguese. He says in part "my object in doing this is to give Brazilians an idea of an American University in general and Harvard in particular...
...doubtful if many of the Freshmen who today face their first encounter with the Harvard language examinations question the value and validity of these tests any more than they question the necessity of College Boards or the object of laying their photographs before the admissions committee. Language requirements, like college boards, are there and must be accepted as such by all who aspire to complete identity with the college community. But even though the majority may accept them without further inquiry and all must accept them somehow or other, there are bound to be a few restless spirits among those...
...News gives, in its current issue, a full explanation of the function it strives to fulfill in the life of the University. According to its own editorial statement its chief purpose to act as an authentic organ for the voicing of H. A. A. policy." With such an object in mind the News should greatly increase its value this year to all Harvard men, both alumni and undergraduates...
...statement of the News editors quoted above is, of course, by no means startling; it was thoroughly to be means expected that the policies voiced by the News would be those of the H. A. A. officials. To have these policies clearly expressed and generally understood, however, is an object of sufficient value to give the H. A. A. News, so long as it lives up to its expressed intention of avoiding "the ballyhoo type of publicity", an important place among Harvard publications...
...treaty is a speaking solemnly of undisputed things. It is something of a feat to have persuaded so many nations (14 of them besides the U. S.) to speak solemnly in concert about anything. The difficulties in the way of getting such a treaty ratified are: 1) Some people object to solemn-speaking on the ground that the more solemn a thing is the more unreal it is; 2) Some people object on the ground that the more solemn a thing is the more binding it is-the more it may commit the U. S. to an international course beyond...