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...largest delegations of college men ever seen at Northfield is expected to attend the ten-day conference to be held June 20-30. The University committee announces that it will be glad to see any member of the University who desires to go to Northfield and will make arrangements so that he may attend the conference. In view of the fact that the examination period is soon to begin students should sign up immediately...
...because of the war. In my judgment, enough lying has been done by the American press about the war to last for a hundred years, and this is not the normal misrepresentation due to human fallibility and the exigencies of news-gathering. Of course, the governments must bear the largest share of the blame for this newspaper lying, for their censorship's, established avowedly for the purpose of preventing military facts of value from falling into the hands of the enemy, speedily degenerated into deliberate suppression or deliberate propaganda. The worst offenders in this respect have been the English...
...comparison with other colleges, the University has the largest registration of any at the American University Union in Paris. Yale comes second and Princeton third, while the others are represented according to their size. A total of 140 colleges are members of the Union, of which one hundred pay an annual assessment to meet the expenses of the establishment. The latest available records show the following registration figures: Harvard, 3168 Yale, 2200 Princeton, 1650 Dartmouth, 550 Amherst, 520 Williams, 450 Brown, 375 Bowdoin...
...this is particularly true in college. That is why we so frequently see a few men holding several important positions. By restricting the number of such positions that a man may hold, we are not raising the standard to the highest possible level in such a way that the largest number may derive the most benefit. We are lowering the standard to a level that will enable men of mediocre ability to attain these positions without undue effort on their part and we are removing to a very large extent the stimulus of intense competition upon which all achievement must...
...hours of the University drive last night. The canvassing did not begin until six o'clock yesterday evening, and continued only until 8 o'clock. In consideration of this short period of soliciting, the results of the opening day of the campaign are satisfactory. The Sophomore Class subscribed the largest amount, with a total of $650. The Freshmen are credited with $500, the Seniors with $200, and the Juniors with $150. From the University at large $500 was raised, bringing the total...