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With all kinds of summer plans floating in the air, it is not unduly sanctimonious to consider the Harvard Summer School as a worthy and useful way to spend a part of the vacation. The Summer School is an important part of the University, and one gravely misunderstood by the...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SUMMER SCHOOL, PRO AND CON | 3/31/1938 | See Source »

The group recently chosen for the Rhodes Scholarships has aroused undergraduate interest in the type of men now being awarded this coveted honor, and has marked an unfortunate trend away from the all-round type of recipient. Much concern over this trend has been based on sentiment and on opposition...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW RHODES SCHOLAR | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

The Selection Committees should endeavor to return to a fairer balance between athletics, leadership, and scholastic ability. Qualities of leadership are best developed through frequent contact with one's fellow men and through extra-curricular life in a great university rather than through constant haunting of a library. While it...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE NEW RHODES SCHOLAR | 3/30/1938 | See Source »

Last spring more than one-quarter of the Freshman class found themselves outside the Houses looking in. The main cause of this unfortunate situation was, of course, the lack of available rooms. Secondary were scholastic and financial reasons. With such obstacles facing them when they soon receive House applications, first...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WHAT EVERY FRESHMAN SHOULD KNOW | 3/2/1938 | See Source »

"High scholastic standing is on the whole at a discount in this country," he admitted. Law is the only profession in which intellectual capacity alone is of much importance. "Imagination, originality, a spirit of adventure, stamina, courage,--a man must have all these in addition to brains to be a...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Conant Calls Present Exam Poor Test of Student's Potentialities | 2/23/1938 | See Source »

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