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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...from his library, now time and friendly counsel, offered to show appreciation and sympathy or to meet distress. This sense of kindliness was thoroughgoing. He had made it a principle, so he told me, to abstain from unfavorable personal criticism unless called for by some need. It was a rare event to hear him pass an unfriendly judgment, and he disliked to hear it done by others. He appreciated keenly the peculiarities of his acquaintances, and could characterize them with accuracy and wit. But such comments were always kindly or marked by a light and playful touch, devoid of sting...
...success of the society during the past year. The lectures by members of the Faculty, which are to be continued this winter, were highly instructive, in a popular as well as a scientific sense. Moreover, the apparatus which is now at the command of the society, offers a rare opportunity for all those interested in any branch of flight by means of planes. In one year the Aeronautical Society has won a place beside the largest aero clubs of this country...
...hope of winning from Yale was strengthened by the work of the team in the Dartmouth game. In the first place, the University eleven was able to score twice by Straight football. It was a criticism of the new rules that touchdowns would be rare, because the offence, without pushing or pulling, would be unable to cope with the opposing defence gathered within five or ton yards of the line of scrimmage. It is possible for the University team at least to score by line-plunging...
...break training mentally--that is, to be put on probation--in no way differs from breaking training physically. The effect upon a team is the same, and except in very rare instances the one is as willful an act as the other. The man who is barred from competition by the College Office is as contemptible as the man who is expelled from the squad by the coaches. The mental responsibility of an "H" man is as great as the physical and a betrayal of either deserves the same condemnation...
...unusual opportunity is offered to undergraduates by the series of exhibitions now being held at the College Library in connection with the Librarian's course on the History of Printing. Through these exhibits men may see and examine rare books which are not otherwise accessible, and become acquainted with the history of book-making. The library is exceptionally rich in the work of some of the world's greatest printers, and exhibitions such as these will furnish the opportunity for gaining an historical appreciation of the industry which has enabled higher education to become popular...