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Princeton has one advantage in that it can afford to take all kinds of chances. Today's is its last game and it has nothing to conceal while Yale must still consider the Crimson scouts who will be sitting in the Bowl...
This last consideration is the most important of all. Coach Fisher cannot afford to take chances with his men either in practice scrimmages or in the approaching Brown contest. The University's "no defeat" record has been smashed completely. Hence there will be no sentimental reasons for defeating the Bear "at any cost". However, the Crimson second-string men should be able to cope with Brown fairly easily and there will probably be no need for the regulars...
...Conference of November 11 will settle a few perplexing questions, but it is exceedingly doubtful whether a common understanding will be reached on which the nations can build. We cannot afford to reduce armament and place ourselves in an insecure position until definite assurance is given of a change for the better in other nations. The Washington Conference may very likely be a repetition of that of Versailles. We cannot afford to tell our delegates to throw away the weapons of the United States until the other nations make obvious by their actions that a common ground has been reached...
...organization of the Law Clubs and the work of the Ames Competition will be started early next week, under the direction of this Board. The clubs are not primarily social; they are created to afford members of the Law School an opportunity to get practice in the preparation and argument of law cases in as realistic a manner as possible through the medium of moot courts. In the first year the arguments are entirely intra-club, and each club must hold a certain number of trials to qualify for the Ames Competition, which starts in the second year...
Shopping for a college elective should afford all the pleasures of commercial shopping. Look around a bit before you invest. Look over the goods on display. Surely no instructor will object to answering questions about the course he offers, or object to a silent auditor in his class. Sample the course before taking it. What do you think of the instructor? Can he give you a fresh point of view? Does his course offer good value to you? Of course it fits somebody--but does it fit you? Is it too elementary or too advanced...