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Unfortunately the balloon ascension did not happen as scheduled in the CRIMSON, not enough air being provided to counteract the attraction of gravity...
...seems to me, therefore, if we are to give up the Statue exercises which we all know and have enjoyed, it should not be for similar exercises in the Stadium, just because we happen to have a Stadium, but for something of definite interest. If the Statue is really a dead issue and that fact can be proved, then the class should be asked to vote, not upon indefinite exercises in the Stadium, but upon a number of alternatives, such as: No exercises at all, the Yale baseball game on Class Day afternoon or outdoor theatricals in the semi-circular...
...question, and the selection of the presiding officer and the judges. The object of this amendment is to provide a responsible officer to attend to the detail involved in arranging an intercollegiate debate, this work having been done, heretofore, by any member of the Council who might happen to volunteer...
...disposal. But it ought to be our care that not a single instance of behavior should occur in our midst to act as an exception to the rule which should need no proving: that courtesy no less than intelligence is a part of our acquirement. That such incidents ever happen we should, attribute, not to meanness of spirit, but, rather to the carelessness of youth and to the very young man's desire soon to be considered mature, serious or buried in thought. It is his belief that, since it would be weak for him to make the first advance...
...more severe, and this too when the men engaged are physically sound, and in good condition. Think for a moment of the risk to a man who is perhaps not in the best of condition, or who has perhaps some slight physical imperfection. This should not be allowed to happen you will say, and should not be considered. It has happened, however, more than once. It is a very difficult matter to prepare a crew so that all the men in it are in the best condition, because while it is very necessary...