Word: manned
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...track team and the crew have already gone into strict training for their spring contests with Yale and the baseball team will follow soon. This means that the members of these teams are in bed by 10 o'clock. Of all things, to as man who is training, sleep is by far the most important. Especially near a contest men find it very hard, even under the best conditions, to get the requisite amount of sleep...
...clock, not only in the dormitories where the athletes live, but also in the streets near by. It is never ill will that causes a disturbance at night, but thoughtlessness pure and simple. A thoughtless noise, however, is just as effective as an ill-willed noise in keeping a man awake; and as sleep is of such vital importance to the teams, we ask every man to make a point first of keeping quiet himself and second, of reminding anyone else, stranger of friend, who may need the hint, of the necessity of quiet for the sake of the teams...
Judge Gaynor said that the obligations of the educated young man to the community are to preserve the rights of the individual and through them the freedom of our government. Personal freedom is emphatically at the bottom of our government and to preserve it against arbitrary control should be the purpose of the college man. Political problems, such as the tariff and socialism, should be dealt with rationally. Constructive policy and a fixed purpose persistently followed lead to success. The government must be kept under control; it must control the corporate interests which, through railroad rate discrimination have made trusts...
...best preparation for a journalistic career for the college man is a study and practice of English composition and a thorough general culture in the best sense of the term. Specialization in art, music or some other branch of culture with a view to being a critic in this branch is not desirable; on the other hand, what is essential is a love for writing, a keen imagination and enthusiasm...
Everybody's--"Thought," by A. M. Huntington h.'04; "Wet Lilacs," by W. P. Eaton '00; "The Man as Well," by R. W. Child...