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...shall begin to think that something besides financial stringency has affected the 300 members of the Class of 1913 who have obstinately refused even to pledge themselves to give to the Class Fund, without which the unity of their class will be in a precarious situation when the time comes to make class reports and hold class reunions. We should think that a good many more than half the class would at least answer the notices which they have forced the Treasurer to send...
...standard, and the question of giving particular attention to the physical welfare of the undergraduates merits serious consideration." Here surely is no trace of originality in either thought or expression. Nor would everybody call all the critical opinions expressed in this number of the Illustrated sound. Most critics, I think, as they have read Mr. Herrick's novel, "Together," have had such difficulty in remembering who's who among the characters, that they would not say with the kindly author of "Some Harvard Writers" in the Illustrated that "Together" is notable for its "fine sense of form" and that...
There is at present a movement on foot to consolidate the Monthly and the Advocate. The benefits which would accrue to each of the papers have been clearly and indubitably outlined in the general discussion so far. Yet I think that there is one broad aspect of the question which has not been emphasized so much as it should have been It is this: what will the merger do for the College? It is a shame that Harvard, the oldest, the most cultured the most advanced of American universities should be without a recognized literary representative...
...certain things related to athletic games the College should spare no expense; for example, she should studiously and at any cost reduce the danger to life and limb. On the other hand, the College should not watch her athletics with that kind of care which leads them to think their nervous systems the most significant thing in life and luxurious living a matter of course. A boy poor when he comes and poor when he goes gets a bad start in the struggle for a living if he has learned to regard limited trains, costly food, automobiles on the slightest...
...second at Cambridge on Wednesday, the Harvard Seniors in the team sacrificing their Class Day, the Yale Seniors their Commencement Day, and both teams undergoing two contrasts with no day between. This last consideration is not so important as members of a defeated team are disposed to think it. I question whether the strain of anticipation is not fully as great as the strain of reality, and whether it is not just as well to play these two games without a longer interval. The need of two pitchers in a team that may have one or none is a more...