The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-12-23
VI. R. CASTLE JR.
ADDRESSES ALUMNI
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to work hard at their studies With
them we never have any trouble
at is with the students on the
bleachers that we find falling off in
work. Every time there is a match,
they lose a day. You can not get
them to attend a lecture when there
is match on, no matter whether it
be a major or minor event. They
have to be very busy all the morning.
They all have a girl to take and they
have to see about getting seats, buy
ing flowers, arranging for lunch and
a thousand and one details that the
average undergrad. would no more
think of overlooking than of trying to
fly.
"The president took a stand in the
matter with which I, personally, dis
agreed He favored the reduction of
the number of matches. He argued
that the rowing crew had two races
year and therefore why not let the
football and baseball teams have two
matches a year. We do not need less
matches-we need more, if anything
and we need a better generalization of
athletics.
he 1dCuilN 10 Vel III 1dNO1
of athletics Of all kinds. They be-
Iieve that they are part of an educa-
ton, but they do not want to see so
much specializing and the number of
players who take part reduced. In
this matter the new graduate athletic
director is doing a good work in get
ting more men out each term for the
different games. He inspects each
freshman class very carefully and gets
out all he possibly can.
"Harvard has always stood for the
principle of winning games if possible
but not at any cost. To go in and
do the best you possibly can to win
by all fair means. but to go not an
inch farther. General interest in ath
letics is what we are now working for,
more games and a better chance for
everybody to play.
Mr.. Castle then spoke of the falling
off of entries to the university from
the eastern states. He stated that this
year there were eighty less freshmen
than the year before. He attributed
this in great part to the hard times.
Harvard, Yale and Princeton all fell
off while Columbia gained, which prov
ed that New York parents who would
otherwise have sent their sons to one
of the above-named institutions, had
sent them to Columbia so that they
could live at home.
OF Dartmouth college and its won
derful increase during the last few
years, he also spoke and told of the,
as he expressed it, "Almost house to
house canvass, which the graduates
of that college had made. He pointed
out that Dartmouth provides many
teachers for the public schools so that
their influence was being felt among
those who were preparing for college,
while Harvard men who took to teach,
ing, nearly all went to colleges or uni
versities.
Mr.. Castle is one of a committee Of
FIVE that has charge Of the admission
examinations and he spoke at some
length on the high standard required
by these examinations and the neces-
sity of maintaining it, He paid high
tribute to President Eliot and told
humorous story in connection with his
recent resignation.
Not one of the students or faeul-
ty. said Mr.. Castle, '%had the least
suspicion of the coming resignation and
1t was great surprise to us all. T
was talking to a freshman in my rooms
when the news arrived The presi-
dent 5 secretary opened the door and
said. The president has resigned. The
freshman looked at me blanklv and
said. Who does he mean, Roosevelt or
Taft?' -
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