75 Years Ago

Federation Will Hold Nation-Wide Prohibition Poll

A nation-wide poll on the prohibition question is being conducted among the various colleges and universities of the United States ... the results of which are expected to furnish one of the main topics of discussion at the Federation Conference to be held next December at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Although no political results of the discussion are contemplated, it is felt that the investigation will be of value in summarizing and crystallizing undergraduate opinion.

—April 27, 1926

Syrians Profit by Old Neckties, Two Bibles and an Inner Tube

With the publication of the results of the Phillips Brooks House Association Spring Drive for clothing many facts which will be of distinct service to University psychologists were brought to light ... A badly used inner tube was believed by one benevolent undergraduate to be of value to the destitute of Asia.

—April 28, 1926

50 Years Ago

Freshman Guinea Pigs

At their first unforgettable meeting, this year’s freshmen were told they had a great deal of knowledge, but that they would shortly lose it. This, the sages explained is how Harvard has acquired its vast storehouse of learning. It is obvious, then, that the freshman sets the pattern for the entire University. At other institutions [he] is frowned upon as the lowest form of invertebrate, but not so here.

—April 23, 1951