Word: statements
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President Eliot, as chairman of the committee of selection for Massachusetts, has received a statement from Mr. George R. Parkin, the administrative head of the Rhodes Scholarship Trust, in which he explains that students from the United States who have passed the qualifying examinations in Latin and mathematics shall be eligible, even though they may not have passed in Greek. The trustees have taken this step in order to bring the scholarship within the reach of students of marked ability who have not prepared in Greek...
...annual financial statement of the Graduate Treasurer of the Athletic Association, published in the adjoining column, shows numerous variations from the table of the preceding year which is published for purposes of comparison. The first item, "Care of Buildings and Grounds," varies little from year to year. Expenses on the general account are larger because of certain increases in salary. Permanent improvements include chiefly a baseball diamond in the southwest corner of Soldiers Field and a railway for hauling up the floats and runways at both the Newell and Weld boathouses...
...verse and delightful comedy have given him a place in the front rank of American playwrights. It has often been said that the literary work of Harvard men is usually critical rather than creative. We are forced to admit that there is a certain amount of truth in this statement, but we can point out several striking exceptions. Among the comparatively few really noteworthy American dramatists two Harvard men stand out with particular prominence, and another has begun a career of great promise. These men are William V. Moody '93, Percy W. MacKaye '97, and Edward B. Sheldon...
...financial one. Seniors who would otherwise have spent their fourth year in their old Yard rooms moved to the Senior dormitories, necessitating the expenditure of several dollars in repairing their old rooms. The Student Council was appealed to and their representative drew up and presented to the authorities a statement of the advantages of the plan. It is impossible to estimate how much good this statement did, but at any rate it was announced a few days ago that Seniors would still be permitted to occupy these dormitories alone...
Contrary to one statement yesterday, the schedule will not contain 26 games, but 23 at the outside, and possibly only 22, including provision for games in case of ties with Yale and Princeton. E. P. CURRIER...