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...opposed to it. But if Harvard men are actually called to the front; the first serious questions will regard preparation and the dangers of sickness and fever. Every man who thinks of going must assure himself that the life is one of hardship, that it is one that will test every fibre of his being, his courage, and his character...
This trip is of prime importance and will be a fairly conclusive test of the strength of the University nine. The records of the teams to be met are sufficient evidence of their ability. Georgetown has defeated Princeton twice this season, while Catholic University has turned the trick once. Columbia has two victories to its credit over Pennsylvania. Annapolis and West Point have played only a few important games...
...will be allowed to compete in the meet who has not taken both an eligibility and a strength test; and both of these must be taken this afternoon, the former at the Hemenway Gymnasium between 2 and 3 o'clock, and the latter at the Locker Building any time before 4 o'clock...
...general examination on the other hand, modelled after the plan in use for doctorate examinations, including a general examination for the division work and a supplementary special test for the department or field, reaches over the whole matter of choice and organization and focuses the work of the adviser, tutor and student...
From an editorial in the March Illustrated we learn that the ambition of the present board is "first of all to interest undergraduates and thereby to educate and mould opinion." It is a pleasure to find how near the present number comes to meeting the test so laid down. Mr. Gannet's "Impressions of Berlin University" give us an unusually intimate picture of German student life. His observations are pointed and keen; indeed, such ones as, "The German is perpetually hungry," and, "Akademische Freiheit is the Veritas of the German University," are almost epigrammatic. There is also novelty...