Word: idea
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...abandon Freshman intercollegiate athletics entirely involves a revolutionary principle. Carried to its logical conclusion it would involve the abolition of all intercollegiate sports. As the system stands the incentive of a Freshman game with Yale is probably essential to the greatest competitive development of future University players. The idea of persuading our competitors to adopt with us the "Andover plan,"--whereby all would develop their teams through intramural games,--is more promising. But, in case they will not agree, the remaining alternative is to adapt the present system to interdormitory needs. And in the first place, a return...
...Medical, Business, and Engineering Schools are planning to hold a series of open meetings in the Union during the latter part of February. Different professors and outside men will try to give undergraduates a more definite idea of what opportunities exist in each of these different fields. It is hoped that these meetings will help the undergraduate to decide upon his life's work and also give him a better idea of the courses which the different schools offer No dates or specific subjects have been decided upon as yet but they will be announced later...
...scheduled for tomorrow evening, will be given in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8.15 o'clock. The lecture will be illustrated with slides made from photographs taken last spring in the French and British lines. The purpose of the talk is to give an idea of what the life of an ambulance driver at the front actually...
...Student Council has hit upon a commendable idea in proposing the adoption of a system of student waiters at the University dining halls. The possibilities of the dining halls as aids to self-supporting students are coming more and more to be realized by the universities. Princeton adopted the system last fall, and reports excellent results. At present the Varsity Club and Foxcroft Hall give employment to a very few men. Memorial and the Freshman Dormitories offer facilities for aiding large numbers more. Men both in the College and in the Graduate Schools constantly apply at the Student Employment Office...
...vital opponents. The institution of a three game series with Princeton last spring added baseball to the list of triangular sports. Outside of athletics the annual debate and the dual musical clubs concerts--though the latter are not competitive--give further evidence of the power which "the triangular idea" has attained in less than a decade of development...