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...given the sanction of tradition, no one should for get that it is nothing more than a prolonged experiment. It was devised in order to insure at least a reading knowledge of either French or German among all students of Junior standing. If the method in force fails to attain this end, it should be open to correction...
...does need friendliness. It does need to avoid that lingering air of decay, and to cultivate the well-ordered, smooth efficiency of the city club. It does need to be homelike. If the institution is ever to escape the spectre of an annual deficit, is ever to attain hearty undergraduate support, its general atmosphere must change...
...ideals for which Mr. Higginson created it. They should be genuine servants. With the opportunity to make additional nominations by petition, the Union members have only themselves to blame if the final slate does not satisfy them. The right sort of spirit, if the Union is ever to attain it, must begin with the officers...
...first indoor meet of the I. C. A. A. A. A., to be held in New York tonight should inaugurate a long series of successful meets. Track, a sport in some branch of which any sound man can attain a fair degree of proficiency by hard work, deserves every possible encouragement. An indoor intercollegiate meet will keep up interest in the sport and is valuable for that reason. It may even come to equal in interest the outdoor intercollegiate meet held in the spring. A fall intercollegiate meet is the next step to make track a year-round sport...
...consequent enlargement of the responsibilities of the business managers. An invaluable knowledge of the financing and distribution of a college daily is to be gained. One man will be taken on this spring, and will assume the duties of an assistant business manager next year, and may attain the business managership of the paper in his Senior year. General business efficiency will be given most weight in the selection of the successful candidate. The competition will close before the beginning of the final examinations...