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There are a number of changes in the football rules this season, which tend to change the game in several directions. The new rules have been framed with the idea of bringing about a more open game and eliminating those features which were thought to be a detriment to the sport...
With the change which is constantly taking place in educational methods, with the substitution of experimental practice for lectures on theory, the character of the equipment of the University has, necessarily, changed also. The University is accumulating a great stock of mechanical apparatus, and this can be used without detriment throughout the year; yet the vacations of the University are such that, for a quarter of the year, no use would ordinarily be made of the apparatus. This would mean a clear waste of opportunity...
...subject of religion; but men should not allow themselves to be carried away by their feelings of charity as some Americans have been who have supposed themselves to be converted to Mohamedanism and Buddhism. On the other hand, some Christians consider it in the light of a detriment to their own religion if any of the good qualities of other religions are pointed...
...advantages arising from this are several and important. In the first place it will relieve the work hitherto borne by undergraduate managers of the various teams. This work has naturally taken a large part of their time and thought with serious detriment to their college studies. They will, however, be appointed as before, but the responsibility and a large part of the work will be taken from them...
...course, only about a dozen at the most can be kept finally. A large number of the men are very light and can not expect to be kept long; because even those who must be dropped would not be willing to have precious time spent upon them to the detriment of their crew. It is evident that much time is wasted at present upon this large number of candidates that can not possibly be kept. Probably more than two-thirds of the men will be dropped this week. Every man should make it his business to canvas his class...