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During the last few years, urged on by somewhat unjust criticism from other colleges and by the uprearing of a new temper from within, it has become the fashion here at Harvard to work for "college spirit." To further it, so many flaming lamps of advice are thrust into student hands that some are quite unable to decide what torch shall light for them the academic road and others burn their fingers in trying to carry too many. With the current number of the Advocate as a text the reviewer ventures to give some advice on a condition hitherto passed...
...still a few men who have not joined. These men should realize that the ladies they have invited will receive no invitations, and also that they are seriously hampering the committee in its work. It seems only fair that they should join the Union at once and not thrust unnecessary trouble upon the committee during the mid-year period. 1913 UNION DANCE COMMITTEE...
...yards, there is that which should always apply to rule makers, namely, a further extension of a principle we know something about rather than a plunge into the dark. Perhaps some football Napoleon could, even with the present three downs, so vary the play of his team as to thrust it along the field for a touchdown. I believe that would be quite possible, but the Napoleon would have too many other things to do--like tackling, passing, punting and getting into interference. Hence the Napoleons are too few to make the matter of any practical interest or value...
...yards, in spite of the fact that, owing to the restricted area, it was necessary to shut off power before the machine got fairly started. The engine, which is a four-cylinder, 30-horse power Cameron, behaved well, driving the propeller at 1200 revolutions per minute and developing a thrust of 180 pounds, which is much more than enough to drive the machine...
...constantly increasing. To the crowd it seems that things must ever remain as they are; it is the part of the leader to see things as they ought to be. The fear of change makes the ordinary man draw back-the fear of being thought eccentric, or of being thrust into obscurity by the crowd. It is the Christian watchword that responsibility rests on the individual. Wills have been given us-let us use them. Fate, heredity, chance,-these do not affect the freedom of the will. It is a ship opposed by the contrary winds of fate, heredity...