Word: bestirs
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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With the coming of cold weather the temptation to sit by a warm fire, to hibernate, is greater than in the spring or summer. Yet, if we realize the opiate consequence of such laziness, we should bestir ourselves. As Bacon wrote, "Use fasting and full eating, but rather full eating; watching and sleep, but rather sleep; sitting and exercise, but rather exercise, and the like; so shall nature be cherished, and yet taught masteries...
...absence of prompt redress on the part of nature, it is suggested that the University bestir itself. A squad of doughty men with shovels to alter the topography of the slush piles, and to dig little trenches so that certain demi-lakes may empty themselves into oblivion, could still accomplish wonders. Days ago, the need for such a squad was "crying"; it is still acute...
Seniors have only a short time left in which to send in their lives, postals, and pledges for the class fund. It is absolutely imperative that those who have not yet responded bestir themselves immediately...
...incapable of indicating their disapproval of a man and his policies in a more gentlemanly and dignified way place appraisal upon themselves and their manners; but when their conduct reflects upon the College and brings discredit upon it, it behooves the rest of us to bestir ourselves...