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JUMBO BOOK 1930 JOHN ALBERT COUSENS A.B., LL.D. John Albert Cousens became acting president of Tufts College in 1919 and was elected the eighth President of the College in 1920. Since that time the College has had a period of very marked improvement and develop¬ ment. The President’s Message When student activities,—so-called for lack or more precise words,—are discussed it may often be inferred that there is present the assumption that student activities are looked upon askance by the ad¬ ministration and the faculty who tolerate them only because there is no ready means for doing away with them. Such an assumption is, it seems to me, entirely false and has for its excuse for being only the rare occasion when it is necessary to lay a restraining hand upon some individual student whose extravagant interest in one or more of the student activities threatens to obscure his estimate of the value of the college curriculum, or when student activities threaten to multiply to such an extent as to put the activi¬ ties themselves in jeopardy. The fact is that student activities are recognized by those who bear the chief responsibility for the educational program represented by the College as very important elements in the general situation. The truth of this is sufficiently manifest when, as is the case continually, members of the Faculty by their advice and by their direct effort give to student activities full measure of encourage¬ ment. It is a matter of rejoicing among all those interested in Tufts College that the student activities here are in such sound and healthy condition. If any criticism whatever could be offered, it would be on the ground that there are too many of them, but if such criticism were offered, it would be difficult to bring valid charges against any one considered separately. They are all good, on the whole well managed, on the whole in line with the fundamental purpose designed to be served. It is impossible, without exceeding appropriate limits of this paragraph, for me to give a list including all the student activities and to say a word in praise of each. But I can accomplish my purpose if I select a few, choosing those which engage the attention of the largest number of students, though by so doing I may perhaps neglect some deserving of the highest praise. Athletics at Tufts College deserve commendation, not because of the rather spectacular success which has attended our efforts in intercollegiate sport of late years, though this is, of course, a source of considerable satisfaction, but because of the fine spirit of sportsmanship present wherever athletic effort is made. This is as true among the women as it is among the men. In dramatics the College has established, through many years of successful effort, an enviable reputation. The better the work done in years gone by the more difficult to register progress as the years pass. On this account the last produc¬ tion by our Dramatic Club was remarkable because, in the judgment of one at least who witnessed it, something a little finer and a little more significant was accomplished than had ever been accomplished before. After a period of innocuous desuetude a revised Glee Club has taken its place among us. Revival of interest in this direction is merely indicative of the steady growth of interest in things musical. Through¬ out the institution to be sure, with respect to musical affairs, student activity does not depend entirely 18
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