Word: idea
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Environment is a long word, somewhat obscure in meaning, but it has a valuable place as indicating a way of looking at man that is characteristic of our time. The old idea of an absolute creation of all life in the world lost hold during the upheaval of the French Revolution; and it was a French student who first suggested that man had risen to his present place by fitting himself to his surroundings. This was the origin of the theory afterward made so famous by Darwin. If it is true, then, that we can develop ourselves most fully...
...would it not be a good idea for some member of the Glee Club to organize a second club? It would give many fellows a chance for practice, and would be an excellent way to discover material for the Varsity Club. Nor should the second club be anything like so small as the first. There may be difficulties in the way of organizing such a club, but I believe that it would pay to surmount them. TENOR...
...practice except for those men who need special coaching in stick-work. The squad will be divided into four sections under the charge of the class captains. At the end of the fall practice several games will be played by picked teams, if possible, to give the men some idea how every one of the positions should be played. Sticks and balls for practice during the winter will be furnished to the more promising candidates. The class games will be held in the spring and the best men from the class teams will be taken to the University squad after...
...hope every member of the University who owns a camera will keep this idea in mind and will contribute from time to time to the collection. There is opportunity for great variety of subject. The pictures should include for example, College buildings from every point of view, streets in the vicinity of the College, especially such as are most likely to change their appearance, houses of professors, interiors of College rooms and of professors' houses, College customs, College characters, groups, athletic events, society buildings, and so forth. WILLIAM C. LANE, Librarian...
...squad of over eighty men barely forty candidates put in an appearance on the field. What the cause of such direct violation of all athletic discipline could have been it is hard to understand. Not only the fact that the team lacks material and experience but also the very idea of such an unsportsmanlike proceeding should condemn it. Although necessary absence is excusable and a preference for other branches of athletics is legitimate, no circumstance can excuse the deliberate failure to appear without previous notification...