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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Even more serious than small attendance is the lack of intelligent discussion. Very often the men who speak at class meetings have as their only qualification their vocal training, while those who have opinions of real value are content to express them merely by their votes. We do not believe that the present classes are too large or unwieldy to act as powerful units in the life of the University; but a class, in order to be efficient, must be strong in individuals, who are willing to show their interest and express their sentiments freely...
Enthusiasm for the football team will find expression in the first mass meeting of the year which is held tonight. It has never been necessary to urge men to attend these meetings; in fact there is more often a shortage of meetings than of men to take part in them...
...weeks to the Yale game, and if our singing is to be an improvement over former years, it will be necessary for every one to learn the songs by heart. Many make no effort to do this, trusting that the words will be memorized by frequent practice. The result often is that when the Yale game comes, the new songs must still be sung, like unfamiliar hymns, from slips of paper. If there were no better reason for not putting this off until the last minute, a feeling of pride should spare us the torture of listening to extemporaneous songs...
...upon whom the duty of planning smokers, mass meetings, lectures and other gatherings devolves are often greatly handicapped by not knowing of something equally important which will conflict with their arrangements. This is not due merely to the lateness of decision, for many important affairs are scheduled weeks ahead; it is due rather to the impossibility of consulting every other man who might possibly intend to hold a meeting on the same date. This applies principally to occasions which draw large numbers, but the difficulty is equally great for men who are in charge of small functions, such as Freshman...
...should not be expected to spare the time necessary to play through the season. By joining a graduate squad for a few days of practice they would have a welcome change from their work without sacrificing more time than they could well afford. The social side of football has often been a minor consideration, and any move which tends to bring this side to the fore, and at the same time help develop the undergraduate team, does not deserve to be dismissed on grounds of impracticability without careful consideration...