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...equanimity at the future, football-wise, it is quite to the point to raise a question or two which it was not possible to raise during the time Yale could not rise above the conditions imposed upon her. There are a number of such questions; but what we particularly refer to is the present Princeton Harvard-Yale schedule, wherein Harvard has a two-weeks' rest between her two final games while Princeton and Yale both have to play their two games on successive Saturdays. . . This year Yale probably met no stronger opponents than Colgate and Brown, while...
...brief they give no comprehensive idea regarding the work covered in the courses. For this reason it does no harm for men to visit a number of courses at their first meetings and run the chance of discovering a substitute course more to their liking. Especially does this refer to Seniors who choose their last courses and usually have to search for an extra one to complete the required schedule. A hasty choice often means an unfortunate one. A careful reconsideration of possible courses during the next week may mean a final year of delightful work instead of unnecessary drudgery...
...need to look far a-field for historical evidence of the evils resulting from a lack of trained officers when war breaks out, but can refer to our own Civil War for the most glaring instance of that lack of proper preparation. When the Civil War broke out, it became necessary to train a large body of men; and on account of the absolute lack of officers, it was necessary to train the men and the officers at the same time,-hence the great delay in producing an army fit for offensive work, the time for decisive action being delayed...
Perhaps no one would contend that the entertainment provided at the Freshman smokers should be of a super-refined character, but I am sure that more than one man felt that the bounds of common decency were trespassed by a part of the entertainment of last Thursday evening. I refer to the performance of four negro comedians, who, responding to applause elicited by a selection somewhat more grotesque than such performers commonly use, appeared on the stage dressed in pseudo-military uniforms, carrying our national flag, and singing a song certainly not unpatriotic in sentiment but robbed of any patriotic...
...members of the class of 1916 need any admonition against indifference or thoughtlessness in today's important elections, they will do well to refer to the editorial column of the CRIMSON a year ago. The following quotation is from an editorial which appeared on the day before the 1915 Senior elections...