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...jolted, not impressed. "Marah" by Mr. Pulsifer is better. Mr. Greene's "On a Pearl Shell" is a good thought ill-expressed. If the author of the "Snowshoe Song" can attune his snowshoe steps to the metre of his song, he must be an adept at the sport. A ski on a fair incline could hardly keep pace with it. As a picture, though, of pine forest in winter, it is not without atmosphere provided one shows up the cinematograph. The number is brought to a close by a couple of book reviews
...validity of the argument advanced by Professor Royce in his notable contribution to the unending discussion of the ethics of football. As to the candor and suggestiveness of the presentation all readers will agree. Taking the development of loyalty as the test of the ethical value of the sport, Professor Royce examines the temper, not of the players but of the spectators. Extravagant publicity, distracting and confusing social influences, many of the evils of the mob spirit, are undeniably present. It is not so clearly demonstrable that the game, under present conditions of attendance, favors "in the mass of spectators...
...that was no- ticeable for a dozen years; and more important than this, they really enjoyed their practice on the river and showed thereby that victory could be gained without straining to the very point of exhaustion. There could be no more striking comparison than that between the athletic sports in the University in 1869 and at the present day. Then there was only one real sport; rowing and baseball were crude and undeveloped. The great changes that have come about are due to the kindness of our graduates, and especially of one of them, Major Higginson. The next president...
...root of the trouble seems to lie in the light regard in which some men hold the fall rowing. This part of the rowing system, one of the strongest features of our athletics, due to the splendid sport it provides for an increasingly large number of students, is at the same time essentially a part of the general scheme of developing the University eight. The crews in the bumping races are carefully watched by the crew management and promising material is taken up to the University squad after the graded crew races. At the same time, it is regarded...
...connection, but it has dealt with the case sternly and without regard for the stakes at issue on the ground that a strict rule has been broken and punishment is deserved. How strange it is that men who are color bearers of the University, be it in sport or what, not, are willing to jeopardize themselves and the chances of the men they represent by such a thoughtless...