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...following yearlings will probably run: R. J. Allen, F. P. Cane, L. W. Grossman, C. A. Harper, N. R. Kobes, H. H. MacCubbin, R. M. Parker, J. W. Perkins, D. L. Sweeney, W. L. Tibbets, J. N. Watters...
...Goodie", seeing a mouse in a dormitory fireplace, should climb upon a cane-seated chair, with a resulting sudden descent and sprained ankle, would the University be liable for damages? If a Yard man-with-a-hoe should fall while pursuing a Yard squirrel, would the University be obliged to pay his doctor's-bills? If one is to judge by cases cited in a recent report of the Labor Board, the answer of both these questions is; Yes. The array of problems that have recently come up for its consideration are a reductio ad absurdum of the compensation...
...Senate has never been a particularly peaceful body. Ever since one Senator beat up another with his cane, years ago--and before that, too--Vice-Presidents have had a task on their hands in keeping order. Probably this is inevitable. Where men are constantly engaged in fighting each other's ideas, some are sure to step over the bounds now and then and fight each other. And after all, the Senate cannot even compete with the tumultuous French Chamber. The Vice-President never has to put on his hat to quell disturbances, nor does the Senate have to adjourn...
...Foch that once, as he was standing with General Pershing and many of the leaders of the British and French armies, someone asked him how he proposed to turn back the apparently irresistible Teuton and conduct his final campaign. Without a word the Marshal, stooping over, drew with his cane in the dust of the roadway the plan of battle which was to end in victory the following November...
...seek. It admits openly the principle which governs it; but it is precisely that principle which has preserved Harvard as the alma mater of leaders among men. To be a Harvard man does not mean that one has gone through that fraternizing period of sham democracy in which cane rushes and greased poles have stimulated the spirit of brother-hood; but it does mean a respect for scholarship, for the right of the individual to assert himself in his own way; a feeling for that continuity of achievement, free of "isms", which passes over into progress...