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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...education, in general, the criticism may be brought that the students depend too much upon what is told them, upon memory rather than thought. It is necessary to recognize authority but it is also of the highest importance to discover upon what foundations any authority is based. In the small honors courses it will be possible to attempt this and to encourage students to form their own conclusions. This is especially practicable in the work for the senior year, for the student will be at liberty to choose a special field in the subject covered by his course...
This being the case, a very small margin may decide the outcome. While it can hardly be demonstrated in any given case that vociferous cheering has won victory, yet there have undoubtedly been numerous contests in which the enthusiasm of the spectators has swung the tide. Robustly audible support from the stands shows a team that it is not fighting altogether alone, nor altogether for itself--makes its best a little better. Behind the players is something more powerful than they,--the University...
...right wing, MacDonald, is, next to Sweeney, probably the most dangerous on the Yale team. His speed, weakness, and shooting ability make in spite of his small size, a very unable man. He was formerly a member of the St. Paul's School team and has been on the Yale team three years. He is 22 years old, weights 150 pounds is 5 feet, 7 inches in height...
...many who do, do not do so in the right way. Hence all would gain in strength and health from the "setting up" exercises which are a part of military drill. From a moral point of view the drills would teach discipline and order, which are to no small degree lacking in the citizens of this country. Harvard has been accused by outsiders of thinking in the past and heeding little the affairs of the present. Let us show the country that we recognize the present need of a reserve force to protect our, rights and dispel from all minds...
...opening game of the season the Freshman hockey team easily defeated St. Mark's by a 6 to 2 score yesterday at Southboro. Although handicapped by the small size of the rink, the 1918 team showed themselves superior to the schoolboys both in speed and in stick-work. The Freshmen scored three goals to their opponent's one in each of the twenty-minute halves...