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...featuring of the "leader," and trimmed edges, the reading matter is of exceptional interest. A more straight-forward, sensible and well-written article than "The Crew Coach" by W. H. L. Bell '04, is seldom if ever seen in an undergraduate publication. His view may not be the correct one but the manner in which he writes will find it many supporters; and it is well worth reading. Of the other contributions, "The Skipper of Halibut Bay," a story by C. H. Brown '05, and "The Greater Birth," a poem by H. Hagedorn, Jr., '07, are of unusual excellence...
...track events were all run in record time, but the records will not stand as the correct list of winners was unfortunately lost. While these events were in progress, the merry-go-round, scenic railway, and other field events called forth both thirst and applause...
...handling ground balls, and in simple pivot and combination plays; practice in base-sliding was held for the first time yesterday. The battery squads, which include both University and Freshman candidates, have been given exceedingly light work, and particular attention has been paid to drilling them in the correct form. The pitchers have not as yet been allowed to attempt swift or curved balls...
...furnishing discipline in this form of writing, no single subject is more interesting to students themselves and to their possible public than literary criticism. With regard to the vexed question of style it may be said that training in composition has, beyond the mastery of the principles of correct and clear expression, the further purpose of developing individuality. A writer's work has value as his work in so far as the style is special to his thought. If his ideas are conventional and derived, his style will draw upon outworn terms and "literary slang." His problem is to know...
Professor Clifford H. Moore lectured last night on "The Shrine of Aesculapius at Epidaurus." There seems, he said, to be no reason to doubt that the old legends are correct when they state that the worship of the god originated in Thessaly and was carried to Argolis by men driven from home by pressure from the north. The shrine held an important place in ancient literature. Even Aristophanes, who burlesques the methods of the priests, seems to have believed in the power of the god. According to official records, lately discovered, the patient slept in the shrine over night...