Word: mind
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...many undergraduates is below the standard. When the United States Army can only use three out of every four college men who present themselves for service there is clearly something the matter. We do not leave to a student's decision the choice of the improvement of his mind--the regulations laid down by the Faculty are rigid--but the question of exercise we leave entirely to his own volition. The Athletic Association deserves credit for having done all in its power to make voluntary athletics universal in the University. It is not its fault that the present system operates...
...afraid for some time that Mr. Haughton would be unable to return next year," said F. W. Moore '93 in an interview with a CRIMSON reporter, "but even after we received a tentative refusal a short time age, we hoped that Mr. Haughton might be persuaded to change his mind, until we receive definite word from him last night...
...production of this new show calls to mind the last spring play that was to have been given, but which never appeared. Just as "Barnum Was Right" was ready for an expectant public the war broke--and to the last scene shifter and chorus man the company entered the service. Of the four officers of the club who signed the notice of the withdrawal of the show, two were killed and two were wounded. Of the chorus six were killed and as many more were wounded and gassed. This record is no greater than that of any other portion...
Such a situation is far from actuality, yet its possibility must ever be kept in mind by educators. The university, acquainted with men's ideals and mistakes from the dawn of history, is the only qualified trainer. When the university produces the leaders, the chance of setting up false gods is reduced to a minimum...
...talk of exclusive groups of big colleges, leagues and federations, one important point seems to have been over-looked. That is the so-called practice game, which to my mind is responsible for much that is unsportsmanlike in college athletics. I have in mind football, particularly, but the criticism applies in some degree to other sports as well...