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Dates: during 1910-1919
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President Lowell divided the opportunities of the university into three categories, the opportunities for friendship, for study, and for work in other activities. Of these the President emphasized scholarship as most important and requiring most emphasis. Statistics show that efficiency, intensive application, is the most important element in scholarship of the highest order and that time expended is not proportionate to results attained. Any man who spends six hours a day on studying can be among the first scholars of his class, and this estimate surely allows ample leisure and freedom for other pursuits. It is inevitable that all cannot...
Pennock, though on the field in his clothes, was again absent from the line-up, his place being filled by Weston and Mills. The latter plays rather high on the line, and in general shows rack of training. Yet he is very heavy, firm under attack, and has lots of grit and muscle. Under the tuition he is receiving from Bob Fisher and the Withingtons, his work should show vast improvement in the course of a couple of weeks Soucy appeared at centre during about half of the scrimmage, and also showed a lack of acquaintance with the fine points...
...third place, get out of the beaten paths at College and show yourselves individuals. Keep constantly in mind that, while your studies must be first, they are not all. Go out for something; but in choosing it follow the motto, "Know thyself." If you go out haphazzardlike, just for the sake of going out, you will fall. Choose an interest which is really an interest to you and for which you know that you have the qualifications. Splurging here and there and succeeding nowhere is nearly as bad as not trying at all. In either case you need expect...
...University four has been shifted about a good deal up to the last week and did not show much speed. The last few days have shown a great improvement however. The Freshman four is one of the best in several years...
...quarter-mile, Captain Barron may be expected to show even better form than he did this year. He is one of the fastest of college runners, and may always be depended upon. With J. C. Rock '15 as second man, and with F. J. O'Brien '14, W. J. Bingham '16, and G. Lamont '16 to back up the first two, this should easily be one of the team's strongest events...