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With the start of the preliminary heats of the Interclass Regatte to-day the rowing season may be considered well on. This afternoon the host of watermen push off like Ulyssess' companions, and smile the sounding furrows. The crews sitting best in order may be considered top-heavy favorites...
...reporter, "leading all other cities in America. The town was filled with the spirit of the whalers and practically dependent economically on the business. In 1856, there were 329 whaling vessels belonging here, making trips every year and supplying a great deal of the whale-oil of the world. To-day there is only one on a voyage, and, as far as I know, it is the only one from any port in the United States...
...hearing closed Senator Ashurst said: "Mr. Means you may be under indictment, but you may have to-day rendered the cause of truth and justice a valiant service. It is the first time I have ever seen the end justify the means...
...This is the highest score of the year for the University team and the third victory. The league is composed of nine teams and although the University team is only in sixth place, it has the satisfaction of leading Princeton and Yale by a decisive margin. To-day the University team will shoot against the league-leading Norwich marksmen who have the impressive record of seven straight victories to date...
...synthesis which will condense within the scope of these requirements a survey of the field of knowledge. The student who had accomplished such a survey would no longer be a stranger in great regions of the world of matter and spirit, as so many half-educated people are to-day; nor would be necessarily have missed the formative influence of the elective system and of intensive study in some special field. It is said that requirements kill initiative--that the survey method encourages superficiality; but we should favour the retention of the elective system in the domain of specialized studies...