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...succession of entertaining anecdotes and illustrations, he brought home to each student the essential importance of a thorough acquaintance with the fundamental principles of engineering, including a good knowledge of mechanics, physics, chemistry, mathematics and drawing. The higher branches of all these studies he showed to be useful only when so thoroughly understood that they can be put to a practical...
...much to say that the prospects for the 'varsity baseball nine this year are higher than were those of last year. Then Captain Wiggin had almost no veteran material. Although Corbett and Dickinson had played against Yale two years before, Cook was the only man in the University eligible to play who had played against Yale in any of the three games of the previous year. This year Cook and Corbett are the only men on last year's team who cannot play again. It is not certain whether Dickinson and Wiggin can, by the terms of the undergraduate rule...
...fagged out. But this is not all. Under the present system, there is no guarantee that the man who ought to have the most money will receive it. Suppose one man really needs five hundred dollars; the other only three hundred. Yet if the second man stands a little higher in his classes, he secures the larger scholarship. Possibly this distribution might be defended if we were sure that the higher standing in his classes was a reliable indication of his ability; but who believes in the trustworthiness of A's and B's, secured in different courses and under...
...fifth century the influence of this doctrine on higher thought is most marked. Pindar, proclaiming transcendence of God, not only lays stress on retribution, but declares "we have somewhat in us like unto the immortals," thus feeling his way to a doctrine of spiritual fellowship...
Below are the records of the 40 men in college whose records will be published in the Index this year. Except for the first, the figures, especially toward the end, are higher this year than last. Any men who wish changes made should see Mr. Betts at once...