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...been pointed out elsewhere, has long been out of date, and knows it. Its older ex-members are undoubtedly anxious to close it out. Its venerable traditions serve nowadays no better purpose than to get venturesome youths into tight places, and fathers of sons don't want them to stay in force. I have no doubt at all that the older Med. Fac. men have jumped at this chance to send the ancient society to its long home. But that can only be done by the co-operation of a good many minds, in different stages of development, and that...
Such visions, said Mr. Dawson, we all must have had; obedience to them means happiness, disobedience ruin. One great note in the Bible is obedience. Christ was "obedient unto death." We must reserve ourselves for the best, and when the vision comes, obey. It is not for want of light that men perish, but for failure to use what light they have...
...only point to one thing: namely, that there is not enough interest in the Union to draw people to it. There are many small interest but no one big event or interest which appeals to the College as a whole. Now why would not a Union dance supply this want? The Living Room is an ideal place to hold such an occasion, as the floor is good and there is plenty of room. The College could give the dance alone or each class could give one. But in either event such a dance ought to help raise the membership...
...football situation has been so thoroughly discussed not only in the College publications but also in the newspapers outside, that I hesitate to ask you to print anything more on the subject, but I want to say a word or two bearing on your editorial of last Thursday in which you expressed your willingness to publish "such communications as may be useful in improving conditions...
...There are so many football men of worth around Boston, who are eager to be of aid to Harvard football, that the coaching force has simply been swamped with men, and the results to the player and to discipline have been to say the least, unfortunate. We do not want to return to the days of two men coaching by themselves, nor does Harvard want to get along, as some universities do, with a limited coaching staff, but there must be order and system, and the coaching of an individual player, or an individual attainment, like tackling, or punting, must...