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...professors and in the direction of research; a Princeton man occupies the former chair of Albert Bushnell Hart while a Harvard man occupies Princeton's finest position in mathematical research. Throughout the nation Harvard, Yale and Princeton clubs combine--not to proselytize in their localities but to spread the ideal of self-education. Is it logical that these groups would permit ungentlemanly playing, derogation of scholastic standards, patronizing and supercilious behavior Could such cooperation exist if the feeling of small minorities represented the true spirit of the universities...
...sanction and purpose of the Big Three? The time is long past when they could claim athletic supremacy over other colleges. They are exceeded in numbers and wealth. Is the title one of conceit and vain-glory? If such it should cease. Fundamentally the Big Three represents an ideal; the belief in the power of education as a personal force in a man's life. The Big Three believes that college must give a man a sense of selfcontrol, an appreciation of beauty, a philosophy of life. Athletics represent but a small part of that ideal and football a lesser...
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...issued a statement: ... "I now see clearly that until we can have the necessary equipment of an especially constructed stage, no progress can be made. . . . The necessary stage arrangements for sinking the orchestra to a lower level. . . and invisible, do not exist in present concert halls. . . . This is the ideal I am working for. Will anyone help me to attain...
...school he will be establishing its level. Let the large universities care for those who desire a cosmopolitan atmosphere or a specialized education. The others--those whose object is to get a liberal arts background sufficient to enable them to boast of a certain amount of culture, have an ideal haven in the small college, such as Dr. Holt proposes. Nor is it any shame to them that they do not care to go further than the outlines and the shell of education, the probabilities are that such a training will be the more beneficial to their chosen paths...