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...will follow the advice of Bacon, who said that "Natural abilities are like plants: they need pruning by study," and he will observe that Dr. Johnson advises young men to devote themselves to books from their nineteenth to their twenty-fifth year. The abhorrence of being called a "grind," has prompted many undergraduates to change their views about studies. This word is ever present on the tongues of those who consider the College as a place in which to gain extra-curriculum distinction. Whoever stigmatises his fellow undergraduate as a "grind," should run the risk of being called a more...
Early one bright, cold morning, the two principals and their seconds met for combat. The two men stripped, whipped out their swords, stood face to face. There was a sharp "Engages!" and the two pieces of steel began to grind and clash. The contest was short. M. Massard, the challenger, flicked a small wound in the sword hand of his opponent. Three doctors fled into the field, declared the wound slight, but Gaudin could not continue. Honor was satisfied...
...past two years, returned to the rowing squad last Friday, and has been rowing at seat four in the second boat. Lindley was a substitute defense player on the championship Eli hockey sextet, and following the strenuous ice season he took a short rest before beginning the long training grind which will carry him through the Harvard race at New London on June...
...proposal is slightly humorous. An overworked Congressman is beyond the conception of the average man. Yet a fundamental defect in the efficiency of our representative system is clearly revealed. Congressmen and Senators keep their eyes on their constituents rather than on the legislative products which they help to grind out. John Stuart Mill realized this defect and proposed a system not greatly unlike Mr. Sullivan...
...Victory or die!" Oh! yes, but to play only to win is the certain sign of poor sportmanship; and to study solely for high grades and Phi Beta Kappa is the displeasing brand of a "grind". Somewhere must He Aristotle's golden mean! It has been found in the realm of college athletics by a gradual building up of a commendable code of ethics and traditions, whose force becomes apparent if any competing team breaks its iron laws. But in the realm of scholarship it is otherwise...