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...professions and businesses open to men in the United States are open to the citizens of the republic. The chief justice is usually one of the prominent lawyers and the chief of police a capable disciplinarian. But before a citizen can be a lawyer, he must pass a strenuous bar examination. Those who are successful in business eat at the costly restaurants run by their fellow citizens, while the poor must forego deserts and cakes and eat at cheap lunch rooms...
...imperative that he rise every morning at four A. M. to remove the ashes form a half-dozen professorial furnaces. Chemistry 14b must be elected as often as possible, in order that his biographer may dwell on the painful journeys to 7.45 classes. And at least once in his strenuous college career he must attempt, unsuccessfully, to reform an institution which can be magnified into a symbol of capitalistic dominance. If this scheme is rigidly adhered to, it appears probable that attendance at Harvard will promote, rather than discourage, the Presidential prospects of the candidate...
...afternoon with a meeting for all candidates at the Locker Building, according to an announcement made last night by Manager Pantaleoni. Daily workouts for infield and outfield candidates will begin on that date, and the batterymen, whose duties have not yet been arduous, will begin a period of more strenuous work...
Coach Wachter started a second string line-up with the intention of giving his regulars a layoff after their strenuous battles with Dartmouth, Pennsylvania, and Yale: The substitutes failed, however, to make an impressive showing. Two goals by Maher gave the Crimson an early lead which was speedily wiped out by a flood of Amherst baskets. The half ended with the visitors ahead...
When final trials for the Dartmouth-Cornell triangular track meet on Saturday were completed yesterday afternoon at Soldier's Field, Coach E. L. Farrell announced the names of the men who will represent the Crimson in each event. Yesterday was the last strenuous work-out before the meet. The squad will undergo only light exercise during the rest of the week...