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...know that we have a system of social-climbing, called swiping? Our fathers and elder brothers had it; but along with so many other traditions, it is out-dated and, so far as we know, has somewhat lost its importance, under any name, as a clearly defined College sport. And did you know that "regarded as an instrument of democracy and efficiency, it (the Harvard Union) has been a dreary waste of time, of money, and of enthusiasm?" True, it has not developed into a working model of an ideal democracy, but we hate to call it a "dreary waste...
...following amendment to the constitution of the Student Council, Article I, section 2 on membership, is proposed and hereby posted: "Resolved, that the words 'the four major sport captains' shall be changed so as to read the five major sport captains." This amendment is to be adopted to include the hockey captain...
...business transacted was as follows: Voted that the amendment to include the hockey captain as the fifth major sport captain in Council be laid on the table for three weeks; voted that the Register be incorporated in order to do away with the individual liability of its managers; voted that interest bearing notes payable in two years amounting to $1,000 be sanctioned to cover the debt of last year, these notes to be sold preferably to graduates; motion to make the tennis "H" awarded to the intercollegiate singles' champion retroactive was voted down by the Council; voted to postpone...
...following men comprise the Council: 1. The four class presidents. 2. The captains of the five major sport teams. 3. The chief executive officers of the Advocate, the CRIMSON, the Illustrated, the Lampoon, and the Monthly. 4. The vice-president of the Union, the president of Phillips Brooks House, the chairman of the committee on organizations. 5. Three representatives from Phi Beta Kappa. 6. Nine men from the Senior class, seven from the Junior, and five from the Sophomore, elected by the students...
...gilt- edged variety, is used perfunctorily it will do when the weather is too foul to play out-of-doors. In Cambridge there is a large group of men, earnest busy stu- dents, who cannot spare the two or three hours an afternoon for a major or minor sport, but who can dash into a centrally located gymnasium for forty-five minutes to keep bodies tuned up to intellectual tasks. This is precisely the group of men who most need regular daily exercise, who derive the most direct stimulus from it, and to whom the college most owes an accommodation...