Excerpt from The Harvard Monthly, Vol. 57: Oct., 1913, to Feb., 1914 And of what Harvard is going to be like he has little conception. He may, indeed, have fairly well defined ideas of college life, for there is no end of multi-colored posters, college tales and college jokes, and look forward to something similar. Of Harvard, in particular, he may perhaps have given heed to stories which newspapers and others seem to take vicious delight in circulating. If such is the case, he will come to what he firmly believes is a ...
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Excerpt from The Harvard Monthly, Vol. 57: Oct., 1913, to Feb., 1914 And of what Harvard is going to be like he has little conception. He may, indeed, have fairly well defined ideas of college life, for there is no end of multi-colored posters, college tales and college jokes, and look forward to something similar. Of Harvard, in particular, he may perhaps have given heed to stories which newspapers and others seem to take vicious delight in circulating. If such is the case, he will come to what he firmly believes is a rich man's college, where wealth and social position are the sole criterion of a man's worth and snobbery the rule. He is certain of one thing at least that the experience is to be enjoyable and will, through some alchemy peculiar to itself, leave him a very superior sort of a person supremely fitted for anything he may choose to undertake. The first few days will be full of pleasant excitement, but when the room is straightened up, the courses for the first year selected, and life begins to savor again of routine, a feeling of doubt appears. The Freshman will recall a promise to compare notes with his chum at Bowdoin. The chum, perhaps, had been pledged for a fraternity the spring before when he ran in the Interscholastic races. By now. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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