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...second place, you are here to study. That does not mean that you are here to grind; far from it. You are here to study in a way that will train your minds to a discipline which they must acquire before you can make a success of life. You should remember that all your pleasure and success here depend on your standing at the College Office. In about six weeks you will be put to the test of hour examinations. If you pass them satisfactorily, you can go on with whatever activities you may choose; if you fail, you have...
...think you are justified in making it plain that there is somebody else in college besides Foot Ball players. The ones that deserve the most credit at college are the fellows that go there to grind their way through I cannot see what good it does any one whether at college or not whether a foot ball game is won, it does not do anyone any good. There is too much poverty in this world and too many heroes, that find, it hard to grind a existence to se so much of this foolishness of calling a foot ball kicker...
...fact that the undergraduate scholar of his own accord chooses this career which he knows receives small recognition from his fellows, when he may be quite able to win high distinction in the so-called "outside interests and activities," he is dubbed a narrow-minded, self-seeking "grind," who seeks to take all from and give nothing to his University...
...Beane '11, graduate secretary of the Association, spoke of the place of Brooks House in the University. He was followed by E. D. Smith '13, of Chicago, Ill., who advised the wholesome all-around development in preference to the one-sided growth of the grind. Among the other speakers were R. C. Everts '13, of "The Lampoon"; G. N. Phillips '13, of "The CRIMSON"; A. G. Moffat '13, of the musical clubs; and P. L. Wendell '13, captain of the University football team...
...basis of election, instead of electing, as at present, a certain number of men in each class. Now it calls for a greater recognition of the "outside activities." Yet the present system is the very one under which the electors have the greatest latitude for discrimination between the "grind" and the man of real ability and broad attainment. At present, the electors can recognize, and do recognize, intellectual achievement outside of the class-room, as well as in the class-room, in a manner that would be absolutely impossible were the election conducted under a hard-and-fast rule...