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Such was their problem and such their spirit, and in future years you will meet your great questions in the same spirit...
...hearty co-operation of the head gardener in all particulars, and has carried out certain plans which have been carefully matured. The most important of these plans is the improvement of the central pond, a small body of water which has heretofore given much trouble. Mr. Ames attacked the problem in a thorough manner, and the result has been most gratifying. The water-plants have grown and bloomed well, and warrant the expectation that a continuation of the same policy next year will give a superb display of the finer water-lilies. It would be a great addition...
...football problem at Yale seems to be the development of perfect team play, such as the Yale team had last fall, with material that is promising, though not exceptionally good. Seven of last year's team will not play, and as yet no candidates have shown themselves capable of fully taking their places. There is abundance of uniformly good material, but it is not up to last year's standard...
...MacVeagh, h.'01, on "The Value of Ethical Ideals in American Politics." With due allowance for an age of business, the author points out how a return to the nobler ethical standards of our ancestors would help in solving the recurring questions of the time, such as the race problem in the South, and the relation of capital and labor. Moral courage in public life is essential; for, referring to its absence he says: "As one example, take our attitude toward the corrupt use of money in our elections and in our representative bodies. . . . There can be no reverence...
...case of the children who frequent the Yard presents a more serious problem. Many of them are unsightly and should be excluded on that ground; many of them are not only insulting in their manners but commit depredations at will. In the last few months a number of squirrels have been killed by them. It is said that this abuse will be remedied when the fence is completed; yet the problem will be just as difficult then, as the gates could not be guarded by less than ten men. On the other hand one or two efficient watchmen, aided...