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...worked that they have but little time to inform themselves or their advisees concerning courses or fields of concentration. With some ten or fifteen men in line to be advised the man "in the presence" does not feel at liberty to say very much. The real remedy is to lighten the advisor's load. Seniors, for example, might be struck from his list without any great danger to their degrees: by the time a man reaches his last year in college he does not, or should not, need advice on courses. And if the plan works, the freedom could...
...accomplished through the active co-operation of the schools themselves, but it is felt that the principals of all schools will see the value of the scheme. The system of concentration and distribution is already pulling its weight in the University. The object of these suggestions is to lighten the weight by clearing up the obscurities connected with this immensely important subject...
...repeated too often that no demands, however great, made on us left at home can equal the sacrifices that those who have answered the call to the colors, may be asked to make. Therefore, anything we can do to lighten their burden we should feel it a privilege...
...lighten this gloomy routine, to maintain a close and hearty interest in this body of American citizens detailed for special duty, to support them not merely with munitions of war but with those supplies in which we can put pure admiration, our gratitude and our love, is our duty-a duty which we should grasp as a privilege. Our men will be none the less warriors because we remember them with letters and gifts. They are carrying our burdens, upholding our honor-and I for one desire to express as best I can the deep personal obligation...
Walter Camp favors cutting off all Yale athletic enterprises in case of war, at least for the time being. His plan is to have those not fitted for service participate in athletics. "These diversions could serve to lighten the tension and relieve the public mind. If the time comes when the depression of war is great, such a general participation on the part of those who are available to enter athletic competitions and who, for one reason or another, cannot be actively serviceable to the country, would have a tendency to relieve this depression and inspire courage again...