Show ABOUT OTHE OTHER COLLEGES 4 V r We wish to acknowledge the re receipt receipt receipt re- re of all college papers that have come to our table since the beginning of the school year We Wet t p regret that on account of some delay delay delay de de- lay in the appointment of the staff we were not able to acknowledge acknowledge lE ledge ge them sooner i The students of Northwestern University have petitioned the faculty to add an athletic fee of one dollar per semester to the regular tuition This scheme is in vogue in Several institutions Among them are Minnesota Princeton Prince- Prince I ton Beloit and Wisconsin At Knox College for this extra fee the students receive season tickets tickets tickets tick tick- ets to the foot-ball foot and base-ball base games The Ohio AS i f if The colleges and universities tF f have the begun new academic year with probably more than f f students In all the leading leading leading lead- lead ing colleges there has been a general general general gen gen- eral increase in attendance The increase varies from 10 per cent to 30 per cent and in two cases r reaches 50 per cent cent and per 1 f cen cent t. t i Time was when all western y young ung men who wanted a college education had to go East to get it w That time has passed long since but the greater universities still draw heavily on the West for students stu- stu dents That will always be because because because be be- cause it will always seem advantageous advantageous advantageous to some Western parents that their sons should spend a term of years in touch with eastern eastern eastern east east- ern civilization But it is a poor rule that wont work both ways and it is reasonable to wonder how howlong howlong howlong long it will be before eastern parents parents parents par par- remarking the virility and enterprise of the middle west will beg begin n to suspect that it may be profitable for their sons to spend four years in that exuberant region region region re re- gion and try to absorb some of its electrifying spirit An interesting enterprise exploited exploited exploited ex ex- under the leadership of the West Point Association has for its purpose the graphic reporting reporting reporting report report- ing of football games throughout the country Each college joining joining joining join join- ing the movement by a a. small expenditure expenditure expenditure ex ex- secures a and plots the important plays in each game on paper ruled to re represent represent represent re- re present the gridiron That the plays may be accurately shown plotters are to be permit permitted ed the freedom of the side lines Immediately Immediately Immediately Im Im- mediately at the close of each game extra are to tobe tobe tobe be drawn off and mailed to al all colleges within the agreement for posting on conspicuous bulletin boards Representatives of about ten of the largest institutions have signified an an intention to follow out the plan Associations interested interested interested inter inter- ested in promoting this unique s and educative scheme are directed to to the president ent of the West WestPOInt WestPoint WestPoint Point Association for information tion by printed circular and cor cor- The in New York 4 i t. t S r rP r r k i f At the inauguration of President President si- si dent Hadley of Yale which not less than a score of college presidents presidents presidents dents both of the East and the West attended the difference between between between be be- tween the modern President and the one of half a century ago was splendidly show Fifty years ago the college president was obliged to be first of all a minister now he lie must be pre-eminently pre an administrator administrator administrator ad ad- then it was essential that he be versed in the science of divinity now he must be a student student student stu stu- dent of humanity This does not mean a spiritual of the office The modern college president president president dent stands for what is best in every community they are as arule a arule arule rule leaders not only in educational movements but in matters of public concern from their numbers numbers numbers num num- bers men have been chosen to represent represent represent re re- present the government in important important tant n negotiations with other nations and through them the schools have spoken their truth to the world They are ambassadors of the ideal to the people among who whom 7 they live t 1 Fa F- F rv a- a All communications left in in the CHRONICLE Box will receive confidential confidential consideration Uncle Uncle |