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...entering International Trade and competition and if we do not meet that competition in a satisfactory way, as time goes on we will hold the little end. It is well for all of us to hitch our wagon to a star. But is it not wise for us to ascertain as nearly as possible that that star is attainable before we set out for it. Is it not wise for us to pick out a star within our reach rather than to set our hearts on something with the odds against us a thousand to one? One discouragement, even after...
...York City saw fit to observe the date with numerous meeting, banquets, and a pageant, the University, which likes to speak of the late ex-president as the "greatest Harvard man", let the day pass without any mention, official or otherwise. But would it not be worth while to ascertain whether undergraduate opinion is not in favor of observing the date by some simple annual ceremony or testimonial? Many of our national and state holidays serve to commemorate men, or events, which now retain but little hold on the sentiments of the people. Theodore Roosevelt, however, is a character...
...order to obtain books the borrower should look up in the Card Catalogue the book which he wants, to ascertain the call-number of shelf mark. He should then make out a slip for each book wanted; a buff colored slip if the book is for outside use, or a blue slip if it is for use in the Reading Room...
...purpose of education, President Eliot said, was in his opinion, to allow a student to so ascertain his powers as to best fit himself for his after life. The colleges of today, primarily those where the elective system exists, are of great assistance to the student in enabling him to know his own ideas. They provide a happy unity in intellectual culture, and of this President Eliot advised all students to take advantage, so as to best fit themselves each for his own particular goal in life...
Frank A: Reynolds, graduate manager athletics at Boston College, sent a telegram to New Haven on Tuesday which read: "Uncertainty as to certain games, important among which is Yale vs. Boston College, renders schedule adjustment very difficult. Extremely important to ascertain whether Yale desires Boston College game for next season...