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The Board of Overseers, that august and mysterious body, so long associated with chilly notices of stated meetings held and votes passed, assumes a singularly human aspect in its present annual gathering in Cambridge.
With "The Educational Journey of the Undergraduate through College" as a general topic, the Overseers will consider every phase of what Hogarth would be pleased to call "The Student's Progress", from the first milestone, the entrance examinations, to the last, the divisionals, with sundry discussions on such subjects as "Discipline and Counsel", "Proctors and Social Life", and "The Tutors."
The interest in college affairs which such a program indicates makes the Board of Overseers seem an integral part of the College. Today's meeting may help to increase sympathy and understanding between the undergraduates of the past and those of the present.
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