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...will cover first base, well away from third, and the infield will be completed by R.A. Magowan '27, who will cover the hot corner. Magowan, besides being on excellent terms with the Prince's third base coach, is such a ferocious hitter that he has become known as the Growler or the Cougar. An the basepaths he is usually referred to as Teargrass...
...success and a failure as a dispenser of information, just wherein he is considered just or unjust in recitation requirements and marking--in fact, every "what to do" and "don't do it" about his courses in the catalog of undergraduate criticism. Separating the chaff of the chronic growler, the captious individual and the carping dispenser of profane fault-findings from the bulk of the comment would still leave a deal of wholesome material worthy of honest reflection. This cannot be done, unfortunately, and there is no means of getting the undergraduate views on a course to the instructor, other...
Professor Hollis spoke next on "Life in Modern Naval Vessels." Many believe that since steam has superseded sail "jack tar" has lost his peculiar characteristics. Not so. The sailor gets his character from the salt sea. He is a growler, yet when he must he does his work cheerfully. He despises the marine as a landlubber. He is a creature of tradition and fond of queer pets...
...have noticed two classes of individuals which these trying times produce, who ought to be ostracised by their fellow men, and, as it were, withered in the bud. We mean the growlers, and those of coroner instincts who hold post-mortems over their examinations. The growler, unlike his bibulous namesake, is a cause of depression and nervous exhaustion wherever he goes. It is enough, in the agonies of a protracted grind, to feel your own ignorance and shortcomings without having some lugubrious acquaintance darkly accusing the faculty, the fates, and the well - others, for things for which his own misapplication...
...Growler is an ungrateful fellow. I fear that he exaggerates slightly. I am sure all this extra work is useful, and I have the greatest confidence in the judgment of the Faculty. But what if Growler's health breaks down? I shall be to blame. It is well to be conscientious and elect hard courses, but if anybody ever asks my advice again I shall say, "If you want to get the greatest good out of your college course, and are prepared to bear the scorn of mark worshippers, take solid electives. But if you want to shine upon...