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Should the hammer-throw be changed? This question is one that has been much discussed of late among those who are especially interested in track athletics, and the CRIMSON, in the belief that a thorough discussion of the problem would be of interest and profit, has invited correspondence on the subject from the track coaches of several large colleges and universities. Some of this correspondence we are printing in another column. The comments received in reply to our questions on the matter represent the careful thought of men who are very closely connected with track athletics in this country...
...Publications has rendered a very pregnant suggestion for raising the level of scholarship among undergraduates. In brief, the committee's plan is to secure an increased interest in scholarship in the Freshman class, and in that way to elevate progressively the scholarship standards of the upper classes. That the problem lies with the Freshman class is shown by an examination of figures showing the percentages in the various classes of men winning academic distinction. Only ten per cent, of last year's Freshman class won positions in the first or second group. Of the Sophomores, eleven per cent, were honor...
Just now we are facing a critical problem in the baseball situation, a problem particularly emphasized by the last three defeats. The situation is by no means hopeless, as many undergraduates evidently believe, but it is one that requires the attention of every man interested in the development of a team that will win from Yale when the series is played in June. That the team has a great deal of latent ability has been made evident by the playing in earlier games, but that this ability is not being utilized was clearly shown by the contest on Saturday. Just...
...wrote on "A Plea for Personality in Professors." No first prize was awarded in the undergraduate competition since the judges considered no essay to be of sufficient merit. A second prize of $50 was given to C. H. Weston '14, of Merion Station, Pa., for an essay on "The Problem of Democracy at Harvard." The undergraduate competition will be renewed next year in hope of stimulating more original contributions...
...international problem is the problem of organization. The United States has successfully shown that local autonomy and national unanimity are made possible by federalism and democracy. But these lessons could not be applied to Europe...