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...wrong place. Pleasure is a by-product and has never been found by merely pursuing it. You are here for a far more serious purpose; to qualify yourself and others for a life work. Get into contact with men and find something in common with them. Avoid mediocrity in all things like poison and strive always to break records, not records of others but your own. Keep your minds bright, sharp, keen, and serviceable tools, and remember that the habit of handling masses of facts and seeing them as they are is the greatest part of life...
...avoid confusion carriages should arrive at the Kirkland street door and pedestrians at the Cambridge street door...
...cannot be denied that much the same perfunctory relation which it was sought to avoid still persists in spite of these efforts. At mid-years many a Senior adviser cannot recognize in the Yard the advisee whom in September he so cordially "welcomed"-and forgot. In their fear of appearing too patronizing, the Seniors have refrained from "chasing up" these men, apparently at cost of losing touch with them altogether. The relation should be a real and vital...
...CRIMSON has recently tried to avoid as much as possible that style of "reform editorial" which is so common in College publications. Yet we think it does no harm, once in a while, to touch such subjects, when a large number of undergraduates have decided views thereon. Such a topic we believe is "Fire-escapes in Yard Buildings...
...natural result of competition we have trusts. The typical attitude of such monopolies is summed up in Mr. Carnegie's phrase "Competition doesn't pay". This is a large country, so why fight? Let all combine and create a monopoly and in this way avoid competition...