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...that soonest recognize this fact and act upon it will not only command the gratitude of parents but will do the best and most effective work for the country. It is not cloisters or shades of lettered ease like Oxford and Cambridge that the masses of the United States want for the next fifty years so much as schools like Rugby...
...their lead to about a quarter of a length which they retained to the mile buoy, where the freshmen spurted and drew up nearly even with the leaders. From this point to the finish the race was a series of hotly contested spurts, the seniors, in spite of their want of training, gamely answering with an increase of speed each time their opponents attempted to take the lead. '83 crossed the line about three-quarters of a length ahead. No time was taken, as the judges at the finish neglected to stop their watches. The race was a hard...
...rowing of the crew. The loss of Borland has undoubtedly greatly crippled the crew; still, with faithful work, there is no need of discouragement. A few individual faults need correcting, especially in the bow and at number six. The principal fault of the crew is a seeming want of interest in their work...
...will probably be objected, as usual, that these things cost too much, and that we can't expect to get a four dollar a day board for $4.50 a week. But what we want more that anything else is a change, and this can easily be afforded us without any undue expenditure. It is really remarkable the way in which Memorial seems to be bound to a certain bill of fare that inevitably swings around into the same old notch with each recurring week. The steward and his cooks do not seem to realize the unlimited capacities of their situations...
Simkins, to Miss Innocent, at the spring sports: "Look, they have put Smith's time down at 8.55; I guess they want to keep his record dark." Miss Innocent: "Why, how can they do that if they write it down in white? [The problem is still unsolved.] - [Chaff...