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...word in his support. I think it may safely be said that we train the few at the expense of the many; and thus in athletics as everywhere else produce a little group of specialists. Now this might be an excellent policy were our specialists always to remain with us. But their stay is always limited. As a rule they play but three years at most. When they are gone, one newspaper after another takes up the cry - "The Harvard team is greatly weakened by the loss of A": "Without X Harvard has no chance at the championship...
...candidates for the nine will begin practice on Wednesday next under the supervision of Mr. Ferguson of the Philadelphias. Only two of last year's team remain, Brownlee, catcher, and Larkins, first base and captain; also three substitutes, Mercur, King and Hutchinson. The material is good, but nothing astonishing...
...wide: one morning the freshman crew, the glee club, the banjo club, theatres, sport in general and the triumphs of one of the speakers in society, were discussed in the compass of forty minutes. At the last topic the talkers usually stop and for the ten minutes that remain of the hour, their neighbors enjoy a long wished quiet. Meanwhile how do the lecturer's word reach the unfortunate men who sit near those I have described. Something in this fashion: - "Let me give you an example of metornymy, he is certain to get on the crew. Care should...
...Eliot and the college by his departure to Europe, is significant in many ways. That he allows himself this separation shows that he feels the university to be in a much more prosperous position than in the past; and that now it is committed to a course which must remain unchanged for some time to come. This could hardly have been said of the college before, within the memory of present undergraduates and only last year changes were wrought which greatly required his presence. We know that we express the hopes of the whole university, that safety and pleasure...
...student are few and the suggestions for his guidance still fewer. He is limited in making his choice to "those studies which his previous training qualifies him to pursue," but it does not appear that any systematic method is employed to ascertain the qualification. It seems to remain largely in the discretion of the teachers. There are certain courses that can be taken only with the consent of the instructor, and certain courses which can be taken only after others have been pursued that are preparatory for them. The elective courses open to freshmen are specified, but those qualified...