Word: quiteness
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...Woolsey Stryker is to quit the presidency of Hamilton College this year. It is not too soon. Indeed, in his address to the alumni is this city last week he displayed an utter incompetence for his job. What shall be said of a college president who feels that...
...mark. But three-quarters of the men mentioned above and three-quarters of all men on probation are there because of indifference; and they must know that a very considerable proportion of the undergraduates look upon them with an inward irritation, as men who have undertaken tasks and quit them with little grace. If they talked with a few graduates, they might learn the feeling of shame that comes later from failure to help the University or oneself simply because of indifference...
...Quietly and without cant, the Senior Council and the Senior Class have done something for Princeton's good. The members of the Council unanimously came to the decision that wearing club colors in Princeton was an unnecessary evil and acting on their conviction, quit wearing them. The question was then brought before the Senior sections of the various clubs, and the matter was carefully considered from every point of view. The Senior members of twelve clubs have seen that for a visual social distinction like club hat bands and ties to be the fashion on the campus was directly opposed...
...Monday's Herald, among other remarks on the football situation, appeared the following: "Alley, a 215-pound guard who reported with the Harvard squad early in the season, has either quit of his own accord or else has been given the quiet tip to make himself scarce. He played with an Oklahoma college team two years ago, and was rated as a find. The coaches refuse to discuss the case, and several undergraduates are of the opinion that Alley was not given a fair show...
...this very temptation one of the best possible opportunities for the development of gentlemanly instincts? It is this temptation, together with the temptation to "quit" and to weaken in a crisis, which enables men to make modern football of educational value in their development instead of a mere sport. Men would not devote themselves for months to the arduous training and drudgery were there not a strong incentive; and they would not feel the sense of duty in maintaining the standards of the game if the incentive were not a good one. Many people complain that football absorbs more time...