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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...meeting is occasioned by an innovation introduced by the Committee on the Choice of Electives. This provides that Freshmen shall state on or before May 9 the field in which they mean to concentrate during their college course and the courses which they will take to satisfy their distribution requirements...
...meeting is occasioned by the fact that all Freshmen will be required next week to fill out forms stating the field in which they mean to concentrate during the next three years of their college course. This is the third year in which such meetings have been held. As the complete system which will govern Freshmen's studies in future years will be discussed, it has been required that every Freshman attend...
...breakfast for the three. No sooner suggested than acted upon, but, alas, for fond dreams of ham and eggs, a bewilderingly beautiful Red Cross nurse takes the money received to feed the starving Russians. The three hungry men grow desperate, but Chubb comes through with another "idea". All weddings mean a deluge of gifts and Doctor. Hampton has a small army of relatives whose contributions might feed the starving for months. Hence it is up to the doctor to get married, or at least plan on getting married, and invitations are accordingly sent, particularly to one rich uncle, announcing that...
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...with the idea of carrying on this tradition, they are accustomed to look upon studies with unconcern. But in attaching so much importance to acquiring extra-curriculum fame in college, they are not stopping to consider whether they are preparing themselves for future greatness. Of course, I do not mean to argue that college can necessarily produce individuals who will be famous in later life. Yet, it is my opinion that men who are born with natural abilities are likely only to cultivate them superficially at college in their anxiety to become distinguished in undergraduate extra-curriculum affairs...