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...year curriculum if we continue to teach entirely in terms of the subjects and departments that are today the basis of instruction, unless each subject were to be taught by a polymath like Aristotle, Leonardo da Vinci, Adam Smith, or Thomas Henry Buckle. It may be there-fore, that we shall find that the only way we can manage to induct students into a general understanding of their civilization will be to teach during these two "general" years in terms of situations rather than subjects...
...predominately a proposition of living together. The greatest good to the students will come not from the studies or lectures during regular school hours, but from the close association during all hours of the day for eight months with outstanding men of character, culture and personality. There fore, the question of personality and character of the members of the Faculty transcends in importance their exact academic attainments...
Mikkola gives the history and present status of the javelin throw, an event which first came to the fore in modern times among Finnish athletes. Although he confines his efforts at the University chiefly to the development of weight throwers, Coach Mikkola is also experienced in the training of runners. He coached the entire Finnish track team which placed second in the 1924 Olympics, and he was also largely responsible for Nurmi's sensational rise. He began to coach Nurmi's in 1918 and continued to work with him for a few years until the world's champion distance runner...
Bridge, under the stimulus of new rules and radio publicity, is even more to the fore than usual. In college and out, enthusiasts have been busy rehearsing novel penalties and strange scorings. In a haze of numerals, one pregnant sentence of Work and Whitehead's book may easily be overlooked:--"Offenses against the etiquette of the game are unpardonable...
MUSICAL Song and joke books of special excellence are these: Sunny, The Vagabond King, By the Way, Pina fore, The Student Prince, Tip-Toes, Cocoanuts, Raquel Meller, lolanthe and No, No, Nanette...