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Almost every school or college has some sort of "honor system." In some it is a living thing which the students cherish and preserve by strict self-discipline. In many, however, it is an outworn symbol of the "romantic" period of the late nineteenth century, greatly stressed by headmasters in their talks to parents and alumni, and largely a joke among those who are presumed to practice and revere it. Recently a good many institutions have seen fit to abandon the scheme, confessing that modern youth is too matter-of-fact, if not too cynical, to be persuaded...
...Sailors cherish an ancient notion-a de-lusion-that, if a ship cannot escape a waterspout by moving out of its path, a shot fired into the column of water will cause it to collapse. Science has no record of this having actually been done, for the good reason that no cannon projectile (unless perhaps a large explosive shell timed exactly) would be big enough to disrupt the enormous vacuum which supports the water column...
...voice of Dr. Pierce was lifted as soon as he heard of the incident. It took the form of a forthright but courteous open letter to Dr. Ainslie. Excerpts: "I cherish such high admiration for you personally and for your noble efforts to promote the spirit of religious unity that it grieves me to be compelled to differ from you. . . . In my judgment, you have insulted your country, insulted the churches of the U. S. and insulted en masse the chaplains of the Army and Navy. . . . [The U. S. and the churches] did not want the War, did not start...
...cult's property is called. There stands the austere mansion in which secret chambers reputedly conceal a fortune of $1,000,000 in cash and jewels left by "King" Benjamin. There is nothing secret about his mummified body, which is there on display. "Queen" Mary had hoped to cherish these properties, sacred and personal, to preach immortality there in the footsteps of her holy spouse. But Judge Dewhirst wanted to modernize the cult. It was even hinted that, if given control, he might go so far as to order the members of the House to shave. No more would...
...dynamic thing, having sometimes greater momentum, sometimes less; sometimes it is more capable of matching the forces making for war, sometimes less. Peace is at once a resultant of forces and itself a force. Being a force, it permits no Nirvana-like rest to those who enjoy it or cherish it, or are responsible for it; it must be continuously fed, from time to time stimulated; must at all times be the object or fostering concern. Peace, in short, in Mr. Hoover's conception, must be the beneficiary of an activity and of an expenditure of care and energy which...