Word: seriousness
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...list of University sports. Many feel that the interest at Harvard is not great enough to make the continuance of the game worth while, but those who enjoy playing will probably resent the idea of losing this opportunity to represent Harvard in athletic competition. These questions are undoubtedly worth serious consideration, and we believe that the Athletic Committee might possibly be influenced by hearing representative undergraduate opinions...
During the past week considerable progress has been made in class rowing, the orders of the crews gradually becoming more settled and the work assuming a more serious aspect throughout. Coach Brown has had charge of the Senior and Junior crews and Coach Stevenson of the Sophomores...
...last year, Professor George A. Reisner '89 began the excavations at Samaria, for which the Turkish authorities granted a permit in October, 1907. Baurath Dr. Gottlieb Schumacher of Haifa accompanied Dr. Reisner to continue the work after the latter's return to Egypt. After two interruptions due to serious local difficulties, relief from the Turkish authorities enabled a month and a half of digging to pass without further annoyance. At the end of August the money available for the first year was exhausted, and the work was accordingly brought to a close. The total amount of time devoted to excavation...
...Corporation, realizing the seriousness of the dining hall situation, has appointed a managing committee to take charge of Memorial and Randall during the remaining months of the year. A serious problem confronts the members of this committee, for the two halls have been less and less prosperous every year. A few years ago it was necessary to apply ahead of time to get into the Harvard Dining Association, and a large waiting list was maintained. Now, the Association is glad to get anyone to help fill up the empty tables. The responsibility for this state of affairs must...
...this interest would show itself in some more rational form than socialist propaganda, but even zeal without knowledge may be better than no zeal at all. Like all zealots, the socialists magnify their cause out of all proportion to its real significance, and imagine that it alone represents a serious interest in problems of human welfare. The poem on "The Bread Line" by L. G. Painter helps to point a moral on the subject of socialism. It presents a crude but sympathetic picture of one phase of our social life