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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...February 21, nearly a month earlier than last year. For the first month Sargent was tried at stroke, and then Morgan was tried for two weeks. On March 23 Sargent was taken back into the first boat where he has since remained. The only other change in the make-up of the crew was the shifting of Waid to 5. By making the rowing smooth the work at a low stroke last fall accomplished the desired end; and the crew has developed fairly well this spring. The showing of the last few days has been below par, but nearly...
...choose for their program, but a college glee club is not intended merely to give public entertainments or dual concerts; it has a distinct function within the College. It should not only sing to the students, but should lead them in singing and serve, as its name implies, to make jovial occasions more jovial...
...door training early and is well advanced for this season of the year. Because of faculty restrictions the annual Yale-Annapolis race had to be omitted this spring, and for the same reason the navy will be prevented from entering the Poughkeepsie regatta in June. These conditions make the Harvard race of unusual importance to the cadets, and this interest, coupled with the fact that their crew is better prepared than Harvard to row a two-mile race, gives them at least an even chance of winning on the twenty-second...
...with which the young politician comes in contact, an inflexible maintenance of his word, come what may, and an attitude towards the people while not too cordial and familiar, yet open-minded and careful of their interests, are some of the most fundamental elements of success. It does not make so much difference to what party you belong or what candidate you support as long as you firmly believe in that party and that candidate. One of the hardest things the college man has to meet is the routine work in politics, which sometimes seems to him like drudgery...
...Washburn talked chiefly on what the college man has done in politics, especially in the Republican party. He advised all men intending to enter a political career to make themselves efficient in public speaking, citing the instances of some of the greatest orators, who only attained their eminence by hard, persistent work...