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...Harvard debate is now beginning to attract attention. The date, March 13, is very suitable and the best men are being talked of by the college in much the same way as prominent athletes are discussed before any of the intercollegiate games. In fact, Princeton, along with other colleges, is taking a more lively interest in these intellectual contests and the critics who speak of the predominence of athletic interests in our colleges should remember next spring and fall, the attention which has been drawn to the debating contests...
...members of the University it may be said that the peculiar charm of Mr. Copeland's lectures lies in the fact that his subjects are invariably interesting and that his treatment of them is informal and of such a nature as to stimulate his hearers to read along the lines suggested. Mr. Copeland always addresses his talks distinctively to the college men in his audience, but though in justice to the latter the public are not usually invited, when that privilege is extended there are always a large number who avail themselves...
...departure of Harvard from the English system, though it had never really been copied, is especially interesting now in view of the discussion of the subject which has been taken up within recent years. The fact that with the growth of Harvard and its development along what may roughly be termed American lines, the old "college" system disappeared, would seem to establish the view that its application under present conditions would be impracticable...
...election of Class Day officers is one of the most important events in the career of every College class. The prominence given to the men whom the class chooses to honor, and the fact that they will be generally accepted as representing the best that the class affords along the various lines of college achievment, should cause the choice of officers to be undertaken with the greatest care. It would be most unfortunate if in any of the contingencies which occur in an election of so much importance, the best judgment of the class as to the fitness...
...fact, no such importance attaches to the position as recently published statements imply. There is only one man at the head of football affairs at Cambridge, and that man is Captain Brewer. The head coach merely assists him by seeing that suitable men are found to coach the team along all needed lines, that these coaches work intelligently and in harmony, and that the consensus of their opinions on all important points is transmitted to the captain. It is obviously important that there should be a head coach, but the real work of developing the team...