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...this in the face of the fact that we have Harvard's last year's crew to row against. The outlook is certainly not very bright, and unless the boat club wakes up and sees that the men are kept up to their work, the result of its inactivity will be most disastrous. We have excellent material for both our crews, but unless that material is properly trained, it will be useless. [Acta...
Princeton contemplates extensive changes in her curriculum. It is proposed to decrease the number of studies a student has at any one time, and to increase the number of hours per week, devoted to each study. The result will be fewer examinations and it is hoped a higher grade of scholarship in the branches pursued...
...entire class be allowed to enter one of those colleges, and it is understood that Union will accept the propositions. While it is impossible not to admire the firmness with which the students,-always at a disadvantage in a contest with their faculty, stand by their position, such a result as their absolute withdrawal from the college can hardly be commended. The motive of revenge appears to become a little too prominent and the proper objects of a college course seem to be forgotten. Such troubles always break up the regular college work and are to be avoided for that...
...great as to call for faculty interference, or even to excite apprehension. All the evils, real or imaginary, connected with ball playing, are reduced to a minimum when the students meet "professionals." They meet them simply for practice. Betting is, as a rule, precluded by the fact that the result is generally a forgone conclusion, and men bet on only doubtful issues. Off the field there is no more intercourse between the students and the "professionals" than is necessary to transact the business attending the match. In the game one nine is in the field, while the members...
...injuries in athletics cannot be entirely obviated. It is well to bear in mind, at this point, The fact that even those who are not athletes do not, therefore, enjoy immunity from accidents. Still it is possible that a slight injury, to a person having organic weakness, might result in a fatal difficulty. Such an issue might be avoided by the requirement that every candidate for trial should be examined by a competent physician...