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...hard, but they are too numerous. In preparing for either the new or old plan tests, the average boy needs to put in a working day of six to eight hours of prescribed work during his last four years at school. He has not time to develop properly any independent intellectual interests worth cultivating; he has little leisure for self-improvement and self-development, and even this leisure he is apt to find has been planned...
...coaches at Brown, however, have had a continuous struggle to develop second team men to take the place of crippled regulars. Although Brooks and Jemail, the star Bruin backfield pair, are now in fine condition, and it is expected that Brisk and Albright, who have shown exceptional speed on the wings, will be in the game today, Hovey is still on the doubtful list, his wrist having failed to heal as rapidly as was expected. Armstrong is suffering from a lame shoulder and must stay on the side-lines today...
...will be sent to the leading preparatory schools of the country to arouse interest in Princeton. Others will speak before boys' clubs and Y. M. C. A. classes on subjects of general interest. The plan of the association is to develop its speakers before sending them out. The active membership will be composed of 15 Seniors and about 50 Juniors and Sophomores will be admitted as associate members. The last will be divided into sections, according to the line of work they wish to follow, and each section will be in charge of a member of the Faculty...
...added that it war the aim of the Physical Training Department to develop among undergraduates an interest in those sports that men will be able to play after they leave college. Tennis is foremost among such sports. Mr. Geer hopes that the Athletic Committee will consider favorably the question of making tennis one of the major sports. Director Geer is the fourth prominent advocate of this step. Only recently R. N. Williams, 2nd, '16, said that he favored such a move on the part of the Athletic committee. Williams was captain of the University team in his senior year...
...position among educational institutions, and is a doubtful luxury rather than a necessity in a strenuous land. But if it is a community in which young men are striving to make the most of the great opportunities intellectual, social, and physical offered them in its free air; seeking to develop themselves for life in a large world by studying what men have thought and done and learned; then it is the most broadening, enlarging and stimulating place to be found. Every young man needs to acquire a habit of concentration, and a devotion to purpose, without inquiring too much whether...