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...courses in the University require a considerable amount of outside or prescribed reading, and the Library very naturally can only offer a limited number of identical volumes. If the reading assigned were done early, all would be well; but the tendency of the majority is to put the task as far away as possible. Consequently, the day or the night before the examination, a great number of students flock to the Library, and many are disappointed and chagrined when they find it impossible to obtain the desired copy. The only remedy for this condition is to do one's work...
...essential points should be noticed by all who undertake this task. First, the tune should be simple, catchy, and above all else singable. Second, there should be strength of purpose and confident fighting spirit in the music. The standard of comparison will be the songs which we already have...
...such a situation, if a student has two theses due at approximately the same date, one task invariably has to be slighted for the benefit of the other or perhaps both fail to be finished products under the stress of too much work...
...cencorship should be imposed either directly or indirectly upon any member of the University. An additional warning, however, seems advisable. While it is the undoubted duty of a University to grapple with every great question that may arise no matter what the consequences, it is even more the peculiar task and duty of a University to secure its deliberations in a complete impartial manner and to do nothing in word or speech which shall arouse fruitless passion or personal antagonisms. Whether or not this line has as yet been overstepped is a matter of individual opinion. It is a conclusion...
There is nothing mysterious about attaining success; it is simply a question of the members of the incoming class entering heartily into the task of acquiring an education, and enlightening that by entering into some branch of the various activities to be found here; and pursuing the work until something has been achieved for yourselves, your class and for Harvard. This community lays stress upon work well done, whether it is on the football field on in the classroom. The men who become-dissatisfied with their College careers in their Senior year are generally those who cannot look back upon...