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their number. They leare Yacant the llead Counselorship, tltt' three positions C•H rhe Honor Committee, 11xe or six connselnrships, perhaps nil o£ the executive offiees of the .\thletic ~\ssotiation, the positio11 of editor-in-chief of Tux: ::U.ETEOR and three places on its editorial staff.
This lHeans that man:· bo;·s here this year ·will be called upon to assume durie:; and responsibilities which the;· Larc nc,·er had before. ~\nd the success of the school depends npon how well the;- acquit themsch-es. In this connection, particularly pertinent are the following excerpts from Bacon's ''Essay on Great Place":
"In the dischar~e of thy place set hefore thee the best exantples, for imitation is a globe of precepts; ~md after a time set before thee thiHe ov;n exmnplc, :md examiHe rh~·self strictly \rhether thou didst not best at first. Neglcct not also the examples of tho:;e that h\Yeth some to the Letter, some to the worse'."