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...seven-eighths long or not. We guess that it is not. If it were, no eight-oared crew in the world would be able to row over it in less than nine minutes, as it was said the Harvard crew did just before the Cornell race. If the distances along the river had been carefully measured and there had been an opportunity for making comparisons with the times made in earlier years, we should not have heard this spring so much about a record-breaking Freshman crew and subsequently learned that it needed very radical changes...
...little more than guides of thought, undergraduates in general have a broader purpose and in their instructors seek leaders of men. Accordingly, everything should be done that will break down the barrier unfortunately existing in most cases between Faculty and students. The system of advisers should be strengthened all along the line; the true solution may be the selection of younger men, who will feel a more thorough interest in this work...
...third inning Ballin beat out a perfect bunt along the third base line. He stole second a minute later and scored on Warwick's hit to centre field. The two men following struck out and Sterrett raised a foul fly to Lanigan...
Whatever pleasure one derives from a baseball game is greatly marred by the dust-storm one has to pass through in getting to the bleachers. The dust along Soldiers Field is several inches thick and when this is stirred up by machines and streams of people it becomes a menace to health and personal property. This could be practically obviated by making arrangements with the proper authorities to give the street a good sprinkling about two hours before the game. With the larger games coming on this should be remedied...
...College remain before the dual meet with Yale, and it does not seem that the team can afford to lose the valuable advance which it would derive from a southern trip. One week in the South should put the training of the team at least two weeks further along, and it certainly seems a short-sighted policy to make a small monetary saving which may prove very costly...