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...effect of these resolutions, of course, will be to force us into a dual league with Yale-if she happens to be willing to enter into one. But we have been given to understand that these resolutions are not final-which presumably means that if sufficient opposition is shown to them, they may be withdrawn. Last year the question of a dual league was proposed and unqualifiedly rejected. Has college opinion completely changed? The only thing to cause such a change was Princeton's action last fall. We expressed our dissatisfaction at this by withdrawing from the foot ball league...
...religious ideas is familiar to us; however we may explain it, the fact remains remarkable that the three monotheistic religions of the world, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, are of Semitic origin and that they today (if we except Confucianism in China). control the progressive nations of the earth. To understand the beginnings of Greek art we must go in part to Babylonia and Assyria. Our alphabet came from a Semitic community. The Phoenicians were the intermediaries between the peoples of the ancient world, the founders of ocean commerce, the bearers of culture from the Euphrates valley to the Pillars...
...every way our position as college men. It was this that so endeared him to us all. He seemed to stand in the breach between the conservative government of our university and the more democratic body of students, and thus as spokesman of both groups, he helped each to understand the attitude of the other on matters of general college interest. His loss will be severely felt, and Harvard will not, we fear, soon fill his place again...
...addition to this the following letter was received by Captain Ames last spring from Mr. Stickney, who played on the Harvard Eleven this fall. We understand that the Yale Management was similarly approached by this player...
...without principles of honesty. This year three overcoats with money and valuables have been lost, and numerous towels have mysteriously disappeared. The gymnasium authorities are unable to prevent this while men leave their property scattered around so carelessly as at present. The men using the lockers must understand that they do so at their own risk and so must be cautions about leaving their valuables in them. As for the line of hooks in the main halls and bath rooms, which are generally filled with overcoats and hats, it seems that more efficient watch might be kept by the authorities...