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...gives his word that he can comply with the rules of the boat clubs takes his life in his hands when he goes out on the river, but it is the duty of the University to make rules that will insure students against accidents that are bound to happen from time to time...
...familiar fact that in a great many courses too much stress is laid upon theoretical discussions and too little upon practical illustrations. Particularly is this true of courses in economics and related subjects. So often, indeed, is the student taught merely what should happen in a certain artificial set of circumstances that when he tries to fit the theories he has learned to the actual occurrences of the day, he is utterly unable to reconcile...
...proof; nor are they oversupplied with easy means of egress. With the Yard itself none too brilliantly lighted up at night, it is hardly more than sane precaution to do away with all needless hindrances to the quickest and safest possible escapes in a time of urgency. It may happen that the economy involved in the practice of unlighted hall-ways at night will prove penny wise but pound foolish...
...several well-known courses, however, the books which furnish most of the material for section meetings have been kept out of the Library by the professors in charge. The fact that these same professors also happen to be the editors or authors of the prescribed books, adds and interesting complication and opens up a large field for conjecture...
...these men with rooms in the buildings which they particularly cared for, their natural disappointment should not deter them from abiding by the result of the allotment. Certainly, nothing can be gained by a refusal to room in the Yard, merely because the luck of the draw did not happen to give a group the building which the members of the group specified as their choice...