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...welfare. The University as a whole is larger by ninety-two men than it was last year at the same time. In certain departments there is a loss in numbers, but in the Medical and Law Schools, where the loss is greatest, the decrease is a sign of growth rather than retrogression, for in each case it indicate a distinct raising of the standard. The figures in the article are so plain that they require little comment beyond what is given in connection with them...
...teach the classes are conducting their courses more systematically this year under one general management and this has the advantage of making each man feel that he is rather a member of a faculty than one standing alone...
...recent practice of the sophomore eleven reveals only too plainly the fact that the men have not the proper spirit in their work. Indeed, they do not seem to look on the matter as work but rather as mere fun to be indulged in heartily or half-heartedly as each individual sees fit. There is altogether too much individualism both in opinion and in action to bring the team into proper form for the interclass games. The time for these games is not far off and unless the men proceed immediately to serious work they will find themselves victims...
...Gladden is not a great orator, but he has qualities which fit him for personal influence over the students. When he speaks he always impresses his hearers with his own manhood. His manner is in the style of conversation and his words are always spoken at the congregation rather than over their heads. We bespeak a hearty welcome from the students to Dr. Gladden, believing that this welcome can best be shown by a large attendance at prayers this morning...
...announced in another column, the number of new men in the Law School at the present time is smaller than at a corresponding time last year; this decrease in numbers, however, is a sign rather of health than of decline. Last year it was announced that beginning with this fall term no special students were to be admitted to the school without passing the regular examinations. As most of these specials were not college graduates, the effect has been to increase very largely the proportion of college graduates to the whole number of men. This of course is distinctly...