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...sports and about the only one which we have at this time of the year. Many men doubtless hesitate to join them because of their length, but they are seldom much over an hour in duration and the pace is never set so rapidly but that most men can follow it. These runs are well worth joining and we recommend all men who want a good form of exercise to take part in them...
...seems otherwise because athletics by nature force themselves into prominence more quickly than scholarly attainments. Athletics seem to be more absorbing and time taking than they actually are because those in them work in the sight of the public who can know how well they work and can follow their progress. With the student however, it is different; he works secretly and slowly, we cannot know, except periodically, the progress he makes and it is longer before he obtains recognition...
Early in the 12th century translations of French Chansions de Geste begin, - the earliest, Konrad's Rolandsliid, about 1130 and rapidly follow Heinrich von Veldeke, and 'Courtoisie.' The attraction of this poetry led soon to a revival of the German heroic legends. The 12 century saw also the Celtic legends, which had come to be in Northern France the chief vehicles for conveying chivalric ideas, pass into Germany and became highly attractive to the Germans. Soon after narrative poetry after French models began in Germany, lyric poetry also began, showing the influence of both France and Provence. It seems...
...Glee Club will sing at the game today the verses which follow, to the tune of "Son of a Gambolier." Every one should take a copy of it along with him to the game so that the whole crowd can join in and sing in unison with the Glee Club...
...leaders are thoroughly unscrupulous, with nerves and consciences equally hardened. Indeed if a successful financier is a man of light character, it is more accident than a natural result of the standard of trade. And beyond this, the masses are sifted down, made machines of, told to follow and obey, and thus the best that is in them is never given a chance to express itself...