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...move frequently from one university to another. He points out that although the broadening advantages of this movement are many, especially to the smaller universities, yet one bad feature exists in that both students and universities are, "perhaps, somewhat distracted from simplicity and directness of aim." Yet these disadvantages "Seem to be only those incidental to any progressive condition and to be greatly out weighed by the gains reaped by both students and universities." "From a Graduates' Window" comes a remarkably well-informed and vigorous protest against the "athletocracy" that has sprung up in the great body of past athletes...
...football practice this spring, or early in the fall, as may seem best to the captain of the eleven and the coaches, three silver cups will be offered to men eligible for next year's eleven for contests in punting, drop and place kicking. The contests will be conducted by the coaches, and accuracy, quickness, height, placing and distance will all be considered. The cups will be the property of the winners, and similar cups will be offered again...
...college life, are certainly for many Freshmen a most effective bridge over the morally perilous first months. They supply a keen motive for effort, persistence and self-restraint. Study, unfortunately, does not in most cases so rouse the ambition and sense of responsibility. The reward is apt to seem too remote. The student has the happy feeling that college of itself, without effort, will make a man distinguished. The saving power of effort, therefore, is not experienced and character is left to take its chances...
...candidates for the Weld Freshman crew have been cut down from 75 in number to about 50. Next week the men will be graded into eights preparatory to going on the river. The men are as a rule larger than last year's candidates, but they seem to lack life in their work. Their chief faults are a weak leg drive and slow body recovery. The following men have been retained and will report at the Gymnasium at 5 o'clock on Monday: E. B. Roberts, Bent, Wright, Maltby, Pumpelly, George, Adams, Hartwell, Greenough, Du Bois, Whitwell, Graydon, Derby...
...creeps up; in the one case the liberal education of the school is replaced by professional education; in the other case the liberal education is replaced by liberal play. If one of the two tendencies were working alone, its imminent danger would be felt at once, but as they seem to cooperate, the one from the bottom, the other from the top, each hides for the moment the defects of the other...