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...reach by spending the necessary time; they will now begin on work which only picked men can master. Mr. Alexander will insist on men rowing with their heads. It has been said that in rowing men the essentials for success are in the proportion of brains 75 per cent., pluck, 20 per cent, and strength 5 per cent. Freshmen seldom appreciate this fact. They would be surprised to find how many small and comparatively weak men have rowed on university crews...
...Exeter among the seniors, Furman and Grover of the Exonian board will come to Cambridge while Stothers goes to Yale. Of the four Literary Monthly editors three will enter Harvard. The representation in general, according to the above figures, which will enter Harvard is something like 50 per cent, while Yale gets about 18 per cent. This is just about the same position in which the representation stood last year between Yale and Harvard...
From these figures it will be seen that 61 per cent. of the athletes have received appointments...
...first part of the president's report for 1888 89 refers to changes and resignations in the governing boards. The number of candidates for admission who offer all the elementary studies, including Greek, French, Latin and German is increasing; the increase in per cent. of 1889 on 1888 is from 31.43 to 37.31. Also the number of these who omit Greek altogether has increased from 3.5 per cent. to 6 42. Facts show that the classical schools are giving more attention than formerly to modern languages and experimental sciences, and that schools which do not teach Greek are becoming more...
California. 142 per cent. 266 per cent. 240 per cent...