BROOKS HOUSE RECEPTION

About 450 men attended the reception given to the Freshman class last night by the Phillips Brooks House Association. The meeting was opened with selections by a quartette of the Glee Club, after which J. D. White '07 introduced Dean Hurlbut, the first speaker.

I am here, said Dean Hurlbut, to tell you about your adjustment to the Office. The step you are now taking is from boyhood to manhood. Our College standard is the standard of the world. You must lay your foundations in everything first. After you have done your academic work, Harvard College calls upon you for service. One of the hardest things for a man is to preserve his balance when demands are made upon him. Ask yourself what Harvard College is. It is the result of self-sacrifice for the past 270 years. I particularly want you to remember how your life here is going to affect those at home. All that Harvard University demands of a student is that he be a gentleman in the broadest sense and faithfully perform his College duties.

Captain Foster, after explaining that he was speaking in place of Head Coach Reid, who had been called to a Football Rules Committee meeting, described the composition, functions, and powers of the athletic committee. The rule debarring Freshmen from University teams, said Captain Foster, was made to prohibit as far as possible the custom of proselyting. This rule also makes class numerals and teams of much higher worth and quality than heretofore. Participation in athletics demands the keeping of good hours, and for this reason alone men should try for at least one team during their College life.

The next speaker, D. G. Field '07, after enumerating the opportunities for upholding the literary reputation of the class, explained the character of the CRIMSON, Advocate, Lampoon, and Monthly, and spoke of the places in the University filled by each. Of all things, said Field, I wish to emphasize the importance of closely uniting the class in its first year. A well balanced class should be represented in literature as well as in athletics, musical organizations, and divers activities.

Among the activities which should be eagerly entered are the Glee and Musical Clubs, the entertainment troupes, and the work of the Phillips Brooks House Association. Harvard is different in its attitude toward this association than are most other colleges toward their philanthropic enterprises. The voluntary membership, which is here entered upon for purely unselfish motives, makes the work as a whole more sincere and effective than at many other colleges. The association is still young and one of you will institute improvements as yet unthought of.

You have heard, said R. H. Oveson 2L., the next speaker, a great deal of advice about your future affairs, and I hope you will receive it in the best spirit. You are to be congratulated on entering Harvard, because there is no other university where Freshmen stand so high. An interesting thing to watch is the general sifting of men in a class. Here a man stands for what he is worth. Let every man support every cause connected with 1910, so that when he graduates Harvard University may feel it is to be congratulated on having the Class of 1910 to its credit.

The last speaker, J. M. Groves '05, touched upon the work of Phillips Brooks House, and explained that by joining one of the five constituent societies one thus became a member of the Phillips Brooks House Association