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...alumnus, for all his hard-headedness, has yet to go the whole hog. He is still dealing in half measures. The desperate resolve of the football authorities at Harvard to perfect their team by putting electric lights on the field ought to spur the alumnus to equally rigorous action. His path is clear: football must be rescued from the paralyzing limbo between amateurishness and professionalism. Much as he might sigh for the old days, it is obviously, too late to regain for the game a lost amateur standing. The present status is impossible. Onward, then to a business basis...
...also in the mind of President Thomas D. Boyd on the opening day at Louisiana State University. In his spick and span office in the University's new $5,000,000 "plant" south of Baton Rouge, he conferred with railway officials upon the building of a three-track spur to the entrance of the football arena...
...possesses a keen insight into the workings of a boy's mind, and this quality will enable him to spur football players as ably as track men. He has, too the advantage of long experience in training men. Twice he has been one of the coaches for the American Olympic team, following his trip in 1912 as a member of the team. I am exceedingly glad of his appointment for he is bound to be a great asset to football...
Since consumption cannot be increased, production must be curtailed. This may be done voluntarily under the economic spur of large stocks and low prices, or involuntarily in case Nature blights the 1926 grape crop. But Nature, fickle jade, prefers to cherish grapes that are not needed, and bedevil cotton and wheat that are badly wanted, both here and abroad...
...faire and laxity are complete. Now it is to the accomplishment of their several duties that all without distinction must be called. I begin with myself and am trying to do my duty conscientiously and with love for my country. This must serve as an example and as a spur to others. My ministers must help me in everything and they must promise nothing that they cannot perform. They must not content them- selves with mere talk or create illusions...