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...George went off with the lead, Snook rushing to the front before they had got half-way round the first lap. A couple of yards divided them as they ran into the straight, when George spurted and again got the lead, this being the order until the finish, something like three and four yards separating the pair. As they neared the straight for the last time, however, George had increased the lead to five yards, and, although Snook struggled gamely, and at one time managed to get within a yard or so of the leader, George immediately went away again...
...DRENNAN.The fourth Sophomore Theme is due today. Subjects: 1. Prose Translation of the Aeneid XII. 614-952,-the fight between Aeneas and Turnus. 2. A Description of one of the Carnivorous Plants. 3. Richard Wagner. 4. Franklin at the Court of France. 5. Mirabeau. 6. Half-way through College. 7. Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses of Undergraduates...
SOPHOMORE THEMES.Theme IV. will be due March 6. Subjects: I. Prose Translation of the Aeneid XII. 614-952, - the fight between Aeneas and Turnus. 2. A Description of one of the Carniverous Plants. 3. Richard Wagner. 4. Franklin at the Court of France. 5. Mirabeau. 6. Half-way through College. 7. The Necessary and Unnecessary Expenses of Undergraduates...
...started off at 37 strokes to the minute, and '83 at 32. At the short wall '84 was a length behind, and '85 was virtually out of the race before 100 yards had been rowed. At the short wall, '82 was gaining steadily, and '84 falling astern. Half-way between the short wall and the sluiceway '82 was a length ahead of '83, and there were two lengths of clear water between '82 and '84. At the sluiceway '82 made a spurt, and '84 was a good four lengths behind. About half-way between the sluiceway and the pump...
...seemed to lead directly to the pernicious habit of "cramming," a habit fatal to good scholarship and entirely evil in its effects. "If this spirit is in the air, we must drive it out of the air." The failure of men to come forward and meet the instructors half-way in their liberal offers, and thereby to justify these changes, would compel the college to revert to the former "paternal relations" and common-school system of teaching. Therefore, in some measure, it depended upon the action of this class, whether they would continue the experiment of lectures in the freshman...