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Dean West's great achievement at Princeton was his founding the graduate school there in 1901. AS he wrote to Princeton trustees: "It was the policy of the university from the start to abandon the idea of a great number of graduate students and to plan the entire work on the basis of quality rather than quantity. ... A company of picked graduate students of moderate number and high scholarly promise was what was necessary in order that Princeton should make a really distinguished contribution to the higher teaching and scholarship of our country...
...comparatively light, but scrappy and fast eleven. Coach Page's Hoosiers are noted for their stubborn defensive play, and their four man shift in the line on the offense. The fact that both Harvard and Indiana have crimson as their official color has led the invaders to abandon their traditional jersies in order to avoid confusion on the field today. Just what color they intend to wear in the place of their usual crim- son, however, was not divulged by the Indiana managers last night...
...Debating Club, founded last year as a Freshman organization, has decided to abandon its separate existence and combine with the Harvard Debating Union, according to J. F. Harding '30, president of the club...
When the realization finally came that to wait was futile, Dartmouth tried valiantly to snake dance with all the abandon that the occasion required, but the spell had been broken: Their enthusiasm had been self-suppressed in its spontaneous state, in the cause of sports-manlike conduct--not to insult their opponents with a contempt for the victory. A Harvard football scalp is still a cherished prime in Hanover, though not to be valued higher than a tradition of courtesy...
...abandon with which the Crimson tossed forward passes to the winds and the success attending these attempts was surprising. A. E. French '29 and Crosby made star catches of difficult pass chances, and the Crimson's second touchdown came on a long toss from David Guarnaccia '29 to A. O. Fordyce '28, who had only three yards to run. The few lateral passes attempted worked smoothly...