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...shortened to two weeks, a change which should appeal to those who look at fall rowing merely as a source of healthful exercise, as well as to those who take part in it for the practice and experience to be obtained. The trouble with dormitory crews from a rowing standpoint is that men who really know something about rowing are in the same boats with the totally inexperienced. In the past these crews have worked for almost a month before the races, and then it was so late that there was naturally little enthusiasm in starting up the entirely...
...annual profit from the tennis courts on Jarvis and Soldiers Fields is about $1200. Considered purely from the commercial standpoint, this item in the report of the Graduate Treasurer of Athletics implies business-like management of a profitable sport. Considered from the standpoint of present conditions it implies something far different; in short, it reveals a situation which ought not to be permitted to continue during the present season...
...moral obligation is squarely up to every member of the University. It is not hard to meet these men, if you really try. And, from the purely commercial standpoint, the business value of a Chinese or South American correspondent whom you have known personally in college may be very great...
...issue between the Christian and the non-believer in the supernatural is clearly drawn. There is irreconcilable conflict between scientific fatalism and the postulates of the Christian faith. The world is a different place according as it is viewed from a Christian or a non-Christian standpoint, and no amount of mutual sympathy can bring these views together. The Christian believes that our acts are not all determined by natural physical forces. We are more than parts of nature,--we are something beyond it. In spite of the materialistic tendency of the modern world, the great mass of people leans...
ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Bermuda from a Biological Standpoint." (Illustrated with Lantern Slides.) Mr. E. C. Day. Zoological Laboratory, 4th floor, Room...