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Exercise your own best judgment and form some idea of what the really best fellows in the class think on the subject. Do not make the mistake of thinking that the men who are merely undeveloped are really the best fellows, no matter how pleasant and agreeable they are or how popular. EXERCISE YOUR OWN BEST JUDGMENT AND FORM SOME IDEA WHAT THE REALLY BEST FELLOWS IN THE CLASS THINK ON THIS SUBJECT DO NOT MAKE THE MISTAKE OF THINKING THAT THE MEN WHO ARE MERELY UNDEVELOPED ARE REALLY THE BEST FELLOWS NO MATTER HOW PLEASANT AND AGREEABLE THEY ARE OR HOW POPULAR
find it hard to compete with the other candidates for the position of end, as they are mostly heavier than you; especially since you went off in weight owing to the excitement of your last weeks of holiday in the summer. Of course the fact that you are comparatively light tells against you and gives you a good deal to overcome; and undoubtedly it was from this standpoint not a good thing that you were unable to lead a quieter life toward the end of your stay at Oyster Bay. So it is about the polo club. In my day we looked with suspicion upon all freshman societies, and the men who tried to get them up or were prominent in them rarely amounted to much in the class afterwards; and it has happened that I have heard rather unfavorably of the polo club. But it may be mere accident that I have thus heard unfavorably about it, and in thirty years the attitude of the best fellows in college to such a thing as a freshman club may have changed so absolutely that my experience can be of no value. AT YOU WOULD FIND IT HARD TO COMPETE WITH THE OTHER CANDIDATES FOR THE POSITION OF END AS THEY ARE MOSTLY HEAVIER THAN YOU ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU WENT OFF IN WAIT OWING TO THE EXCITEMENT OF YOUR LAST WEEKS OF HOLIDAY IN THE SUMMER OF COURSE THE FACT THAT YOU ARE COMPARATIVELY LIGHT TELLS AGAINST YOU AND GIVES YOU A GOOD DEAL TO OVERCOME AND UNDOUBTEDLY IT WAS FROM THIS STANDPOINT NOT A GOOD THING THAT YOU WERE UNABLE TO LEAD A QUIETER LIFE TOWARD THE END OF YOUR STAY AT OYSTER BAY SO IT IS ABOUT THE POLO CLUB IN MY DAY WE LOOKED WITH SUSPICION UPON ALL FRESHMEN SOCIETIES AND THE MEN WHO TRIED TO GET THEM UP OR WERE PROMINENT IN THEM RARELY AMOUNTED TO MUCH IN THE CLASS AFTERWARDS AND IT HAS HAPPENED THAT I HAVE HEARD RATHER UNFAVORABLY OF THE POLO CLUB BUT IT MAY BE MERE ACCIDENT THAT I HAVE THUS HEARD UNFAVORABLY ABOUT IT AND IN THIRTY YEARS THE ATTITUDE OF THE BEST FELLOWS IN COLLEGE TO SUCH A THING AS A FRESHMAN CLUB MAY HAVE CHANGED SO ABSOLUTELY THAT MY EXPERIENCE CAN BE OF NO VALUE
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