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...much the strength of the men, nor the style they row in, nor they way they jump. It is whether they have got themselves into that condition by long and regular repetition of this same stroke or jump that is going to tell in the test case. Whatever may be said to the contrary it is undoubtedly true that university teams, in the present condition of college athletics, have a regular business before them. There is no pleasure in playing a championship game of foot-ball with Yale College. And, perhaps, there is still less in rowing a race...
...direct appreciable value to an editor, Harvard prescribes no study even in the freshman year which is not calculated to make the student of service on a newspaper staff. Any Harvard student who thinks he has a taste for newspaper work is given plenty of chances to test his abilities and to find out whether he really has the 'nose for news.' Aside from the opportunities offered to write for city papers, the DAILY CRIMSON, the 'Advocate,' 'Lampoon' and 'Harvard Monthly' open for him useful fields for practice...
...HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 30. - The Yale crew rowed on the harbor a couple of days ago. The reason of this outdoor trial was to test the crew, and see if the work in the tank had produced beneficial results. The trial was highly successful, and Captain Rogers feels much elated. The length of the tank is just sufficient for a barge to be placed therein. To keep the boat from rocking too much in the choppy sea, which is occasioned by the rowing, ropes are suspended from the ceiling and fastened under the ends of the boat. After...
...still remains to be seen whether the college will approve the marking system; for the present Mid-years are its first great and questionable test. And the verdict will be interesting in more ways than one. It will not only show one ideas of the true measure of knowledge but will also be a sort of gauge of our own modesty. For, when a man finds himself ranked with a class, he naturally looks to see who his companions are. If he thinks he is quite as good a scholar as they are he is rather dissatisfied. It is, moreover...
...German salary will stand the test of a direct comparison of marks and dollars much better than has been generally believed. Salary must, however, be understood in the sense of income, and must, for purposes of comparison, include the various lecture fees, examination fees, both for the civil examinations and doctor examinations, the allowance for rent, and occasional immunity from various taxes, to say nothing of the various travelling stipendia, of the definite prospect of pension, and of the permanency of tenure...