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...athletic contests afford an excellent chance for the specialist to display his abilities, and only specialists enter them. In their case the entire energy of the system has been concentrated on the development of special powers, and every thing else is set aside as useless. This is the great objection to athletic exercises as they are at present conducted. Symmetry of development is never thought of, nor is it ever acquired by exclusive reliance upon any of our popular sports. Indeed, we would venture to select from any group of recognized athletes the oarsmen, the ball-players and the gymnasts...
...have paid up their subscriptions to the Reading-Room Association. Those who have given their names as subscribers should without delay pay the small fee required for membership. The leading dailies, and as many of the prominent periodicals and magazines as the limited means of the association can afford, have already been placed in the reading-room, and the room itself is well heated, but there seems to be, so far, a lack of appreciation on the part of the college in general. Certainly the least to be done by those who have signified their intention to join the association...
...hand, with no thought of the morrow, and probably with the fixing upon themselves of habits of extravagance which will be highly dangerous, should a change come to their fortunes after they have graduated. A youth at college should not be denied sufficient means, if his parents can afford to deal generously with him, to live well, but it is an unwise policy to keep his purse so full that he need never watch how the dollars go. That an unlimited supply of cash is likely to take his mind off his studies goes without saying. The professors...
...there. Some time ago there was a young man, a member of the boat club, who could not seemingly keep up in his studies. The captain of the club said to him : 'You have got to keep up in your studies or get out of the club; we cannot afford to have anybody in here who drops behind...
...price of admission to their own concerts is undoubtedly their own business, but if the price is fixed too high for the general public can they complain if their audiences are small. It should be frankly admitted, I think, that there are many men who cannot afford the price asked to admit to a Glee Club concert. If the societies make a larger profit from high-priced tickets and small audiences than they would from low prices and large audiences, their course is very reasonable. But why cannot they try the experiment of tickets at 50 cents and enthusiastic audiences...