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This is my point--the vast and varied absurdities of the two-season rule, as now maintained. When this law was first made, it was tagged with the statement that it was reasonable because it would affect so few. As a matter of fact it affected a great many. Probation itself became blunted and worm-eaten by this idiotic rule. Does a man who has made a successful record in the fall in both sports and studies find himself better off than his neighbor who has competed to the detriment of his courses? Not a whit. Doesn't it seem...
...method which might be adopted is to allow the defense to make a fair catch just as in the case of a kicked ball, and to punish interference with the opportunity for a fair catch in the same way. This would eliminate all slow high passes, but would not affect the low quick ones, which are the ones to encourage as being those which take skill and head-work...
...change makes the ordinary man draw back-the fear of being thought eccentric, or of being thrust into obscurity by the crowd. It is the Christian watchword that responsibility rests on the individual. Wills have been given us-let us use them. Fate, heredity, chance,-these do not affect the freedom of the will. It is a ship opposed by the contrary winds of fate, heredity, and chance, but notwithstanding the ship reaches her harbor in safety...
There are several causes which tend to increase the cost of board. The higher prices of staples which affect even the reduced contract prices which the H. D. A. enjoys is a material factor. The reduced number of men among whom the cost of the improvements is divided also appears in the balance sheet. Furthermore, there is a great variety of meats and desserts which leads to waste even although the help are served with a greater variety than is necessary. Lastly, the average cost of board is increased by men who are willing to obtain at any price...
...undergraduates to criticise the instruction provided for them, though the information thus collected proved less suggestive than had been hoped. If the editorial writer wishes to serve the University in this matter, he will do it better by letting the authorities know how the evils hinted at affect the student rather than by advising changes in that part of our system on which, by the nature of the case, he obviously is not and cannot be well informed...