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...writer in the "Graduates Magazine" has merely fallen into that error which so frequently ensnares such "laudatores temporis acti"; having compared the best of his own generation with the worst of ours, he fancies that he has accurately estimated our worth! It is only fifteen years since Harry Elkins Widener '07, began to accumulate the books now housed in the Widener Room--a truly superb collection! It would be very difficult for us to believe that the tastes of students have altered appreciably within that time. In fact I know myself of one undergraduate who is now laying the foundation...
Thus it is that the exponents of a technical education are able to point out with pride that innumerable students, after making a start in the field of "the Humanities", have seen their error, and are now devoting themselves heart and soul to science. The explanation of this phenomenon lies in the fact that, in the "Rules relating to College Studies", no mention is made of an "examination at the end of the year in which the student is a candidate", in the paragraphs dealing with the fields of Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Geology, Mathematics, Natural History and Physics. (The complete...
...have been heard before. Tesla once claimed he had invented a steam turbine one foot square that would develop one hundred and fifty horse power. An Italian gentleman residing in Boston announced that he had invented a perpetual motion machine, but a committee of government physicists showed him his error...
...Crimson could not escape the threat that came in the deciding contest. Two errors in the second paved the way for the Blue's opening run and in the third the Yale batters staged a rally which Goode was unable to stop. O'Hearn got a double, Desibons was walked and Aldrich bunted neatly, filling the bases. At this critical moment Goode forced in a run by walking Warren while Eddy got a clean single scoring two more runs. At this point Russell went to the mound, but the Elis were able to take a run from...
...second time this year in a return game to be played at Worcester this afternoon at 3 o'clock. On May 10 the Crimson players went down to defeat after leading the Purple by one run until the ninth. Then a long drive by Gangreau together with an error tied the score, while the winning tally came in only a moment later when Leonard Dugan crossed the plate as a result of two hits in succession...