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...Roux concluded by saying that the suffering and difficulties, through which French society is passing, will not be without their good results, for he believes that this society, which has done so much for civilization, art and science, but which comfort has now made torpid, will be awakened by necessity to a more vigorous and valiant struggle for existence...
...have any latent boating spirit in him, the natural result is that he will be found a candidate for his college torpid (which correspond to our freshmen crews), or, if not physically fitted for rowing, on the banks running with them, or at least in the college barge lending their efforts the encouragement of his presence. Nor is the undergraduate, nor indeed the sport-loving public of England at large, deprived of an opportunity of watching the 'varsity crews when they have discontinued training on the college courses, and gone to Putney for the three weeks of final preparation...
...Lehmann. Mr. Grenfell's article is a sketch of an imaginary Oxford man who enters college knowing nothing about rowing, and ends by being stroke of the 'varsity eight. In the course of this sketch a vivid description is given of rowing matters at Oxford, of the novice, torpid. college and the 'varsity crews, the amount of training and coaching each has to undergo. Strict training at Oxford begins in Lent. Every morning the crew take a walk around the parks ending up with a 100-yard sprint. The 'varsity crew lunch separately in their various colleges, but all dine...
When we read so frequently of the many trips of the various musical organizations of Yale, the torpid state of our own societies is brought vividly into prominence. The Yale Glee and Bajo Clubs have lately returned from a trip on which many of the western cities were visited and concerts given. This trip is but one of the many indulged in annually by the Yale musical associations, which show the interest taken in these matters by our sister college. The state of our societies suffer much in contrast. Although receiving invitations almost weekly to visit neighboring cities...
EDITORS DAILY CRIMSON. - A writer in your issue of Monday proposed as a remedy for cribbing that offenders be dealt with by a jury of undergraduates. It seems to me he does not go deep enough. If public opinion were not torpid on the subject, most of the cheating would stop at once; - few men would be willing to face the sure contempt of their friends even for forty per cent. A remark I heard lately, made by an upperclassman, is rather a striking illustration of how a good part of the college world looks at these things...