Word: forethought
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...merits of existing and proposed systems the present undergraduate will probably have to decide all too soon. And the temerity he shows at the bridge table, his sense of perspective at the movies, and his forethought in clicking the latch will doubtless all prove of value. But meanwhile as he sits on the fence, (a very comfortable one), passing what snap judgements his fancy may dictate, it is satisfying to realize that in the field below the combat is intense, and that on descending into it, though he may perish from almost any cause, he will not die of boredom...
...with this theory in warning them not to plan their day with detailed modern efficiency. It is well written but it has its value only as a counsel of perfection for those who have a strong purpose which enables them to over-ride all such trivialities as planning and forethought. It is also good for those who think that without genius they may, through system, reach the stars. But for the humdrum it is dangerous. The editorial on football says nothing new but it is gaily written in a style which precludes all serious influence, and which we are accustomed...
...that perhaps has not been brought to the notice of the officials. It has always been the custom to start boat races with the sterns of the crafts even. The accurate anchoring of scows and the holding of the sterns by experienced men has invariably been arranged with considerable forethought. At the finish line the first bow to cross indicates the winner. Now I do not know what the actal lengths of the two shells used by Harvard and Yale were last year, nor the length of the shells in the Freshman races of 1901 and 1905, but that eights...
...chief benefit of the rule requiring the selection by May 1 of a list of courses for the following year is more deliberate and careful consideration by the average undergraduate of his work for the future. Such additional forethought is only of value, however, if it is spent in consideration of the kind and not of the amount of work...
...only performance of the Deutscher Verein play, a suffrage meeting, and the first hockey game of the year--six interesting things in one evening. Many men would enjoy several, at least, and are forced to choose only one. Such needless confusion could be very easily obviated by a little forethought...