Word: knowes
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...find that they are taking courses which are of no value to them or even concentrating in fields in which they have no interest. They see their advisers probably not more that three or four times during their Freshman year, and obviously the advisers have little opportunity to know what a man is really fitted for or even interested...
...hope to go on with this "Haughton system," and for this reason we are very anxious to secure some man who has either coached or played football under Mr. Haughton. I expect that the usual graduate coaches will be on hand to assist, but we do not yet know of anyone who will be able to devote his whole time to the work...
Whatever the source of the ideals before a nation it is important to know that the men who form or interpret them are the leaders of its people. Their responsibility is so enormous that a false ideal set up by them may carry the work of a whole generation to no advance. The opportunity of a university lies in the training of these men. If the university insists upon interesting itself primarily with the culture of the past, a culture which was as new in its day as the present culture which the university ignores is today, then men will...
...officers must be decided by the college authorities. I favor military courses such as the Field Artillery Unit, which would count towards a degree, but would not take so much time that other courses would be neglected. After a year of military training, every young man would know what branch of the service he wished to enter. There should be several kinds of training given at each college to allow considerable choice. However, the completion of some one of the military courses should be compulsory for men wishing the college degree. In addition to the work in the winter, there...
...which are almost traditional and which have a right to a reserved place at the end of the season. Such competitions embrace the Yale-Harvard game and the Pennsylvania Cornell Thanksgiving Day game. There are numerous others among the smaller colleges, but none among the big institutions that I know...