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...Proper election would improve the character of the Senate: - (a) At present able Senators are obliged to resort to jobbery to reelection; e. g. Sherman of Ohio in 1891. (b) Popular election would stop this jobbery by removing election from control of the machine...
...effect of this upon the athlete is very discouraging. He dares not over exert himself, and is in a continuous state of nervousness, which materially lessens the physical exertion, of which he would otherwise be capable, and it is well-known that courage and self-control are of the first importance to the success of the contestant...
...accident to Carter. Somehow he was struck full in the face, and the blow must have been terrific for it broke the cartilage in his nose, and sent him flying over backwards. In his fall he must have struck on the back of his head, for he lost all control of his reason, and had not regained it when he was carried from the field later in the game. Although he caught the next inning, he was not in condition to do so, and luckily did not have to come up behind the bat. This unfortunate occurrence cast a gloom...
...Class-day are due to an attempt by the Overseers, beginning in 1754, to improve the elocution of the students by requiring the public recitation of dialogues, translated from Latin into English; for Class-day was then less a Senior's day than now, and was chiefly under the control of the college authorities. This very likely suggested the idea to the undergraduates and created among them an ambition for further displays of oratory...
...services of all graduates whose presence in the field will insure the greatest expert coaching ability within reach. A careful survey of the methods employed in bringing out material last year demonstrates the fact that the foot ball men left undone nothing which was within their power to control, and moreover clearly shows that our coachers gave us their best advice, which the college has long since realized to have been painstaking and thorough...