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...entirely different from ours upon all such matters. The worst part of it is that many people feel that it is not worth while to discuss religion and that it is immaterial what a man believes. This is a most demoralizing and hurtful way to look at a very serious subject. No one who stops to think will deny that it is a matter that comes near to us, and one about which we must learn the truth if it be possible. Truth upon the matter must come to us largely by faith. We can give no mathematical proof...
There are some whose lives are all play; they look on nothing as serious. Then there are those who take the artistic view; the world is a group of pictures to them. The truth is, life is not all work or all play and this distinction between the two is what I draw...
...proper restrictions which should be placed upon athletes. We have taken our stand, and, following it, are willing to meet any team and run our chances for victory or defeat. We do not mean to imply that we shall refuse obstinately all compromise. If Yale can point out clearly serious faults in our plan, and if a reasonable concession will promote the interests of athletics, it is safe to say that Harvard will show a fair spirit and act in a sportsmanlike manner. It should be borne in mind that Yale asked for a statement of Harvard's position...
...There is no necessity for pooling.-(a) Serious rate wars have ceased since passage of Interstate Commerce Law-(b) The discriminations which pooling is supposed to prevent are prohibition by the I. S. Com. Law.-(c) There are other ways of avoiding excessive competition: Forum XIII 745 (Aug. 1892)-Western Traffic Association...
...unnecessary to attempt any review of the past half-year. No matters of any serious importance have arisen in the University till lately. The reconsideration of the vote of the Faculty, in regard to the Freshman Musical Clubs, was welcome to to the college as an evidence of the fair mindedness of the Faculty. The football game was encouraging in its promise of success in the future, and, if certain features of the game were objectionable, the sentiment of the college was clearly expressed at the time. The question of intercollegiate athletics is at present the absorbing topic...