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Professor Vinogradoff said that ancient law was essentially a rule of conduct, which addressed itself to the will and the moral sense of the individual. Legal evolution has been slowly developed from a union of law and right. In Roman times, right often existed without any laws whatever to affect it, and wrong was usually merely the violation of private or individual interest...
Physically, the Columbia crew is sturdy. As a rule, the men are well built oarsmen. Their height is well graded in the arrangement of the boat, but their weights vary. The crew averages about 165 pounds...
...practice in the Stadium. Owing to the warm weather the track has been in fairly good condition since Tuesday and is getting harder every day. The track practice has been light, in order that the men may become accustomed to out-of-door work. The sprinters have as a rule taken short runs, and the distance men have run two or three laps. All the field event men are now practicing under the supervision of Mr. Quinn, and the shot-putters and hammer-throwers now work behind the Stadium near the baseball stands, so that they may not interfere with...
...present too much time and energy have to be spent by the committee on merely routine business, for the transaction of which certain definite rules have been, or could be laid down. This business, thus prescribed by rule, could be accomplished by one man in less time and just as effectively as by a committee. To make this possible there should be appointed a graduate treasurer or manager, who should be a permanent, salaried officer. He could combine the functions of the present graduate treasurer with some of those now belonging to the Athletic Committee. Such an officer should...
From football as it is, A. M. Beale '97 brings us to football as it might be. His scheme of reforms is a bit alarming; among other changes he proposes to abandon all idea of a required five or ten yard gain, substituting the rule that a touchdown must be made in ten downs. His plan aims to combine the merits of the English and American games; to most persons familiar with football as it is now played here many of his reforms are likely to seem a bit chimerical...