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...yield a maximum amount of something in return for a minimum amount of nothing. The ideal course of this kind would be one which met once a year at the pleasure of the instructor, and it is certain that such a course, if over discovered, would with its members overflow any building in the University. The search for this ideal course goes on in the same way and in the same spirit as Ponce de Leon and the explorers of old spent their lives seeking the fountain of youth, and so far with exactly similar results...
...more than 50 colleges throughout the United States show a marked increase in practically every case and in many colleges capacity enrolments are reported. In fact, to many institutions the growing enrolments present a serious problem, for accommodations are taxed to the limit and means for taking care of overflow enrolments must be devised...
...much favorable comment. The book was good and worked up into a reputable plot, as musical comedies go. The singing was on the whole excellent and although it savored at times of the regular college burlesque, still there was a marked absence of the dramatic barbarisms which too often overflow undergraduate theatricals. The chorus was most attractive, the "girls" wearing their clothes naturally and dancing extremely well...
...disgrace and is nothing to apologize for. To us the criticisms are hardly worth considering in comparison with the high aim, the democratic results, certain to be achieved, and the scholastic benefits to accrue. The only real objection we have heard is that the Freshman class is going to overflow the new buildings at once, and that some unfortunates will have to go elsewhere. Defects and disappointments may develop, but today President Lowell and Harvard are heartily to be congratulated on the new departure; every one who hopes for real democracy in our colleges must join in wishing...
...dishonorable act in order to uphold the prestige of his school. To place money on a game because of a misconceived idea that loyalty to team and college demands it, is a fatal error common among college men. Gambling on the athletic contest, even when prompted by an overflow of zeal, is an evil just the same as the game of chance conducted in a dive...