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Winter weather diminishes greatly the time spent in the open air by those who ride in automobiles. It comes near putting bicycles out of use. From steamboats to canoes, there is almost entire cessation of water outings...
...must remember," shouted the fiery evangelist, "that we can't create a desire if it isn't there. A red-headed kid with a stone bruise on each heel can ride a Kentucky thoroughbred to water, but a college professor with mutton-chop whiskers and 49 diplomas can't make him drink...
...will be here nearly three days, arriving Friday morning and leaving late on Sunday. They will eat in the Freshman dining halls; they will sleep in the Freshman dormitories, and it is the intention of the Freshman football team to entertain the visitors while they are here. An auto ride through Lexington and Concord and a theatre party Saturday night have been suggested. But this requires the support of the entire class...
...great shrines of American liberty, Faneuil Hall, Bunker Hill, the green at Lexington and the site of the bridge at Concord where the Minutemen fired "the shot heard round the world." Massachusetts avenue, between Medford and Lexington, was the route which Paul Revere took on his famous ride of April 19, 1776. It was over the wooden structure which the Anderson bridge has replaced that the British redcoats marched on that same night, and it was in Harvard square that they lost their way and received new directions from a Loyalist tutor of the College...
...Advice to Freshmen" is in accordance with this theory in warning them not to plan their day with detailed modern efficiency. It is well written but it has its value only as a counsel of perfection for those who have a strong purpose which enables them to over-ride all such trivialities as planning and forethought. It is also good for those who think that without genius they may, through system, reach the stars. But for the humdrum it is dangerous. The editorial on football says nothing new but it is gaily written in a style which precludes all serious...