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There are many things to be considered before a reform is instituted, but let us never forget to ask ourselves whether we shall derive more benefits from the new system than we did from the old. This is the acid test of all reform, however great our enthusiasm for it may be. E. A. WHITNEY...
...History, Government, and Economics to other departments, the Faculty has taken an important step which, if properly carried out, should increase the interest in scholarship at Harvard. The general examination is a much more adequate gauge of a man's knowledge of his subject than a series of tests at the end of each course. The latter are specific and detailed; a student may cram his head full of facts and pass them, but promptly forget all he has learned. College does not aim to inculcate a mass of detail which may be applied per se in after life--this...
...game was not a very severe tryout for the Freshmen, as the Watertown team is unusually weak this year. The contest with St. Mark's at Southboro on Saturday should give them a harder test...
Entries for the informal track carnival to be held Thursday and Friday close today. All students must have passed the strength test. In preparation for the Pennsylvania Relay Carnival, which takes place on April 25 and 26, the work of the track squad is lightening up. Herbert Jacques '11, captain of the 1911 team and Charles Squibb '14 a former manager of the track squad visited the Stadium Monday afternoon to look over the material...
...review the more special activities of the Association's special committees and constituent societies, whose work is presented in their respective reports. The question that invariably arises at the end of the year is whether the Brooks House has been as successful as usual; and if the test of success is to be found in the ability to adapt itself to meet new and constantly changing conditions and in the amount of good done by the organization, certainly the results are encouraging. Never before has the House itself been used by so many people and by so many organizations...