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...plan of the Olympic Committee to form a sort of assembly of governing bodies of amateur sport. Formation of such a committee will, it is believed, remove the objections of various groups to the present organization, and will result in smoother methods of choosing a national team for the 1924 Olympic games...
...newly reorganized Harvard Instrumental Clubs provided some excellent music and showed that they possess the foundation for a smoother-working, more spirited ensemble later on in the season. A series of popular medleys, including such as "Avalon," "Japanese Sandman," and "Whispering" were the effective offerings of the Princeton Banjo Club. F. W. Rondebush and E. Wilson of that organization introduced a difficult violin specialty which was well received; they and three other violinists also contributed greatly to the successful performance of their club by the melodic use of these instruments. The "hit" of the evening, however, was scored by Howard...
...wonder if this change has been all for the good. This new method of removing undergraduate inhibitions has certain disadvantages over the old. "A big head is better than an empty purse" is attributed to Epictetus. The road to freedom from the worries of exams and cuts is much smoother when it runs through fragrant vineyards than when it winds across the chequered fields of chance...
...Junior class crew defeated the Sophomore eight in the one and only race of the interclass season on the Charles yesterday afternoon. The water was smoother than had been expected from the high wind earlier in the day, and the crews were able to use the one-mile course down-stream between the Cottage Farm and the Harvard Bridges...
...boats started rowing a 28 stroke, but this was quickly dropped to 24. From the beginning the Juniors pulled into the lead, and at the quarter-mile mark were ahead by a fourth of a length. The 1918 crew were smoother, and, rowing a higher stroke, put more drive into the shell. At the half-mile they had increased their lead to three lengths, which they maintained to the finish. The Sophomores did not put their stroke up until the last four hundred yards, and then it was too late to cut down the open water between the boats...