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...singles for the right to challenge R. C. Seaver, the state champion, N. W. Niles '09 defeated H. Johnson, 6-3, 6-0, 6-4. Johnson was unable, during the first two sets, to solve Niles's service, but the last set was close and Niles was forced to exert himself to the utmost in order to win. Last year Niles was defeated in the fourth round. F. J. Sulloway '05, who challenged Seaver last year, was put out in the first round this year by A. Sweetser...
...other hand, when applied to sports within the College this rule seems ineffective and harmful, for it affords no real stimulus and deprives men of legitimate and normal exercise. In the first place no man will exert himself over-much in order to be eligible for a tennis tournament or to play on the "Chuck-a-Pucks," and in the second place, these scrub sports do not require any more time or energy than the normal youth should devote to h is daily exercise. In discouraging this the arrangement is distinctly harmful. Here we might well profit by the example...
...prescribed for ministers, but this is not the case. The search for new truth is encouraged and its results are gladly received on all sides. As a schoolmaster, the minister is given an opportunity to develop in young men the qualities of spiritual manhood. As a missionary, he can exert a powerful influence in molding the future civilization of the east. A parish minister can organize his parish house, clubs, and social settlements with the great advantage of working solely for the good of others...
...Hall then introduced Justice Loring. He spoke at some length on the advantage of rowing, saying that it makes a man exert himself beyond the point of which he at first never believed himself capable. Mr. Curtiss then gave a very witty account of the condition of rowing in his day. He finished by announcing that on next Wednesday at 3.30 o'clock as many alumni as possible will assemble in front of Claverly to march with a brass band of 60 pieces to Soldiers Field to see the last open practice before the Yale game. Mr. Hall, in behalf...
Thus far the competitor has been subjected to routine duties. He has now an opportunity to assert himself and exert a very considerable influence upon the worth of the paper. He has entire charge of the candidates and of the news end. He assigns stories of general interest and plans for the cuts that are to appear from time to time. He criticizes the paper from day to day for the benefit of his assistants. Every morning he must "make out the dummy," which consists of assigning to the individual candidates the topics of the day and designating...