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...over. The nation now demands your all. Where formerly some one activity, some little help was regarded enough, today we can be content with nothing less than the utmost from everyone. As a worthy Canadian has pointed out, the term "slacker" has taken on a new meaning. The slacker among us now is the man who, in the slightest way, withholds any bit of energy or ability which might be of service to his government. In that sense most of us are found wanting. We neglect a hundred opportunities for service. The Red Cross, institutions of all kinds engaged...
...Michigan the same deficiency has not been so apparent; nevertheless, the tendency for slighting the studies is prevalent among the undergraduates. It is evident they are expecting clemency under present conditions. But such expectations should not be cherished. The country's position in the war necessitates that there should be less laxity than ever...
Details as to the Freshman class song competition, which will be open to all members of the class of 1921, have now been made public. All compositions must be handed in at the office in the Music Building before noon, April 23. The best song among those submitted will be chosen by Dr. A. T. Davison '06 and a committee of upperclassmen...
...Reverend Johnston Ross has been a member of the University Board of Preachers since 1911. He has written several books, among them "The Universality of Jesus," which has been widely read. Since he became connected with the Union Theological Seminary in 1919 be has been college preacher at Yale, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Bryn Mawr and Wellesley...
...Lazarus and I apparently agreed that the present product of the American schools and colleges is unsatisfactory; in what respects and to what extent this is so, we seem to differ. Let us examine the nature of the evil. What "kind of men have we among those who play an important part in public affairs? We have business men who find it necessary, in order to call forth the most efficient exercise of their capabilities in service,-note that word,-to their country, to work under the added stimulus of profits so abnormal as to be the cause of public...