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...Harvard, and nearly three-fourths at Cornell are engaged in just that kind of work exclusively; finally in both places the majority of the professors and a minority of the instructors are giving both elementary and advanced instructions. Professor Francke adds that the German system is considered an absolute success there. It is felt that the professors are best adapted to represent the foundations and the system of their science, that the enthusiastic privatdocenten are best fitted to reach out into new fields and to train investigators, that competition of one with the other furnishes a source of rejuvenation...
...much increased. At present there is one man in the high jump who is away ahead of his competitors; the same is true of the fence-vault and putting the shot. Harvard men do not care to compete out of charity any more than any other men-the success of handicaps is shown by the entries to the Boston A. A. games next Saturday. Yours...
...seem to have come to feel that the executive committee is alone responsible for the success of the meetings, and that they do their part if they attend the meetings and find fault if anything goes wrong. Unquestionably the executive committee is especially responsible; the members realize this fact and will do their utmost to make the meetings good...
...none the less is the success of the meetings much more due to the men at large as it depends primarily upon the number of entries. The two ways in which you can make the meetings well contested are by entering yourself, if you are able to, and by persuading other men to enter. Though this applies to all the classes it applies especially to all freshman class. The abilities of the members are of necessity but little known to the executive committee and they must look to the men themselves to come forward. No man need be afraid...
...have reached a stage which almost any man can reach by spending the necessary time; they will now begin on work which only picked men can master. Mr. Alexander will insist on men rowing with their heads. It has been said that in rowing men the essentials for success are in the proportion of brains 75 per cent., pluck, 20 per cent, and strength 5 per cent. Freshmen seldom appreciate this fact. They would be surprised to find how many small and comparatively weak men have rowed on university crews...