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...schools is not to be given. If only the names of those schools which met the approval of the Board were published the same result would be reached. It is to be presumed that ordinarily no school would call for such an examination unless its work were in a firm and stable condition; but if the public had some idea of the result of that examination the schools would make even a greater effort to present a curriculum of the desired character...
...business work in connection with all the teams. Instead of various contractors for making stands, roping off grounds +++ for various games, one contractor can be hired to do all the work for a fixed sum. Still further, the purchase of athletic outfit can be made of one firm or store instead of with several, as it is at present. In this way, current expenses can be kept lower than they are now. We may expect also a solution of the training-table problem and the establishment of one which will prove more successful than the last...
...increasing number of students and the annual enlargement of its curriculum indicate that the Annex has been fast pushing to the front among our colleges for women. Under the present circumstances, however the Annex is too dependent upon the voluntary help s of the college to make a firm advance. The work and time of the professors is only such that they can give at leisure hours and this tends to cripple the advantages which the Annex offers. If by joining the Annex to the University we can advance the cause of broader and more liberal education for women...
...brilliant work has proved him emminently fitted for the position. He has been one of the best players on the eleven and his election is a fitting tribute to his work. The prospects for another year have never been so promising as they are today; we have obtained a firm grasp of the principles of football such as we have never had before, and we can have perfect confidence in the ability of Captain Waters to employ them to good results...
...wood instruments were played with much better judgement and skill than they ever have been before. They were never obtrusive. All the skill of the club was called for in Grieg's "Heart's Wounds" a piece for strings alone. It was exceedingly well played; the strings were firm and sympathetic in their phrasing and the beauties of the piece were sympathetically brought out. The violincello solo in the middle is very effective and was executed with unusual delicacy and feeling. The Pierian shows the effect of careful and conscientious practise; its playing was far better than it ever...