Word: papers
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...existence of two dailies at Harvard has involved certain features which are of very doubtful benefit. The constant effort of each paper to print everything which by even the remotest possibility may appear in the same day's issue of the rival paper, tends to cause the premature publication of matters which really need further investigation or confirmation. As a result inaccuracies sometimes occur, even though, as a rule, a paper may prefer the accuracy of an article to the chance of its being a "scoop...
There is another objection to having two daily papers at Harvard. There is in college life nothing corresponding to the varying political issues in defense of which opposing journals are maintained. In college, men are inclined to unite in the support of a paper in much the same way that they do in the case of a 'varsity athletic team. Their support may vary in strength from year to year, but they are almost as little inclined to countenance a division of interest in one case as in the other...
...that the CRIMSON is in the field alone, the spur of competition is of course withdrawn. The aim of the paper, however, will always be, as it has been, to make use of everything which has been proved good by past experience and to take every possible step to increase the usefulness of the paper in the University...
...year ago a paper was started here under the name of the Harvard Daily News. It was published throughout last year under that name but this year was continued under the title of the Harvard News...
...suspension of the News is due to financial difficulty, but the editors have announced their intention of refunding subscription money and of meeting all other engagements before winding up the affairs of the paper...