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...effectually a man's views and inculcates in him an aptitude for study and learning, of which his four years at college had given him only an inkling. No one who would be a wise man and a knowing one, will be satisfied with this mere inkling. He will strive rather to get the benefit of the two great lessons which he had learned in his college course by taking a post-graduate course. He will see the value of post-graduate study and will apply himself...
...holding of irrelevant conversation, on the part of students are done away with. It is to be hoped that, where possible, sections taking lecture courses may meet in some other place than Sever 11; and that lecturers and students, who do have to go to Sever will strive to reduce all reasons for complaints to a minimum...
...competent to coach ; a public sentiment that shall make a big, strong man lose caste by refusing to come out and play ; and, above all, surbordination among the players, willingness to do as they are told, to little matters that seem to them unimportant, to strive for "good form" in foot ball as if they were striving for the "good form" in the Harvard stroke. Head work, public sentiment, and a progressive, learning spirit. We have got to make more of a business of foot ball, if we are to keep pace with these other colleges...
...prizes at the remaining winter meetings in any events where more than four men contest will, we hope, induce a still larger number of men to enter. Where, as is often the case, the probable winner is known beforehand, an inducement for which the rest of the men may strive will be likely to bring about the desired end. The officers of the H. A. A. are certainly doing all in their power to make the remaining meetings the best we have yet seen...
...honor as well. This has been our only claim, and we firmly believe that this method is the only fair and manly basis on which the base-ball games can ever be played. It will be well when this idea becomes firmly fixed in all contests between colleges, to strive to make them as fair as possible instead of endeavoring to gain all the advantage which can be taken from an adversary...