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...article in the Yale News, M. Sweeney, advisory coach of the Yale football squad, says that "the Brown defeat should help, not hinder the team...
...they would declare peace and give up their slaves. But the defeats of the North at this time made the bonds practically worthless, and few believed in their recuperative powers. When finally Lincoln decided upon the emancipation of slaves by declaration, he did it as a military measure, to hinder the effective use the South was making of black labor in auxiliary departments of warfare. Seward opposed the proclamation, saying that the world would regard it as the last cry of a defeated nation. Lincoln accepted the criticism in part, deciding to defer the issuing of the problamation until after...
...Nevertheless, there are present opportunities for active and positive service which may be carried on by a student while he is preparing for future vocational service. To spend a few hours a week in the performance of these avocational forms of social service which are immediately productive will not hinder, but help in the preparation for vocational service in the future...
Unfortunately men were not created paragons; fortunately for their interest in life, they were not created alike. What helps one may hinder another; and the ideal of a college system is that which will hinder the strong man least, and help the weaker men most. Concentration and Distribution, in holding many up to a certain standard, may be a real hindrance to a few; but criticisms of it have risen chiefly, we believe, not from this cause, but from a failure to distinguish between a real hindrance and an inconvenience, such as any set of rules and especially...
...yard straight-away necessary to track equipment, a tunnel must be cut through the embankment of the Bowl at the excessive cost of from thirty to fifty thousand dollars. Not only is this objection raised, but it is maintained that the arrangement would create powerful air currents which would hinder the runners and that the other colleges would therefore refuse to compete on such a track. Other arrangements have been suggested, such as cutting through both sides of the Stadium, but the committee in charge does not agree that any expedient as yet offered will surely compensate for the expense...