Word: interest
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...announcement that Yale College, although not Sheffield, has ratified a proposal of the Student Council to limit the number of offices which an individual may hold will arouse wide-spread interest. Such a policy has long been in vogue in some preparatory schools and western universities. The exponents of the system defend it on the ground that it tends to efficiency in the administration of undergraduate activities in that it restrains a man from undertaking more than he can successfully accomplish. The benefits of experience in management are more equally distributed, and studies are said to receive more attention...
...With the Naval Radio School gone, the Officers' Material School leaving today, and all the similar training schools throughout the country rapidly demobilizing, it seems to me of the utmost importance that something should be done at once to maintain the interest in the navy that was aroused by the war," said Rear Admiral Spencer S. Wood, commander of the First Naval District, in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter yesterday. "The navy has made a splendid record in the war, and it has attracted more attention than ever before. I feel very strongly that the advantage gained by educating...
Such views should be logical. To apply scientific principles to the development of the field of aeronautics is of common interest, and has a justifiable place in an up-to-date institution of learning. In view of the fact that an artillery unit is to be established here next fall, the College authorities might well recognize the growing science of aviation, which is so vitally allied with artillery, by adding a course in aeronautics to its curriculum. The aviators and aspiring aviators would gladly welcome such a course, and the government would doubtless further the enterprise by aiding with some...
...college men toward athletics, and a non-realization of the real and permanent good to be obtained from any form of physical sport steadily pursued. The situation in this regard is much better than formerly, but there is still much room for further improvement. That by far the greatest interest in sports is taken this year by Freshmen is a good sign. But why does the general athletic interest slacken after Freshman year? We can now justly assure the graduate that athletic advantages are open to all alike at Harvard. When will we be able to add that they...
...Crimson invites all men in the University to submit signed communications of timely interest. It assumes no responsibility, however, for sentiments expressed under this head and reserves the right to exclude any whose publication would be palpably inappropriate...