Word: scholasticism
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Fran Meyer, Sophomore from the environs of Cleveland, who was ineligible for Freshman play two years ago, and who was a dropped Freshman this winter, has also reported, and if the scholastic barriers are surmounted, will prove a valuable addition to the squad. He is faster and can pivot quicker...
A waiting game, an attitude of tolerance in spite of the dismal outlook, is the best course of action for the disappointed Freshman to adopt. Many students now accepted for the Houses will not occupy their appointed places next fall. The significant group of "dropped" Freshmen; the large numbers who...
"Activities essential for what Harvard is," and "Value of extra-curricular work should be stressed more" constantly appear beside the complaints against the lack of time caused by financial and scholastic pressures.
Forty-two Freshmen out of every hundred have engaged or have attempted to engage in some outside activity if the 162 answers received to this part of the question can be considered representative, and forty-one percent of these men find that the activity interfered with their scholastic work.
To the query, "If extra-curricular activity does interfere, which do you think it better to curtail, (activity or scholastic work)?" only 31 percent thought that studies should take the rap, while 69 percent felt that studies came first.