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Leap, the flea, killed Creep, the louse- The monkey that became fastened in a crevice by the tenderest portions of his anatomy, is a more familiar anecdote...
...scholarly professor who is deeply agitated by what seem to be the posthumous performances of his late asthmatic, or strangled, uncle. Between seances, telepathic messages, furniture upheavals and the receipt of "quaint ciphers, he (she) writes a diary. Hounds bay, doors crash, mysterious lights shine on headlands and creep under beds. Uncle's ghost marches in the alumni parade, sheep are slaughtered, four people die quite violently. A very devil of an uncle, yet you and the professor can never be sure it is he who is responsible, let alone how to make him listen to reason. Do not read...
...promise of a new link between the students and the faculty was welcomed with enthusiasm, and though there is still much to be done to perfect the plan, in the main it is justifying itself. The personal element which Dr. Demos emphasizes as so important is beginning to creep back into Harvard life...
...society can be based on the power of self-directed personality; others apparently define it as a certain openness of mind. Whatever the fundamental idea which the individual student may evolve for himself, it does seem important that some such formulation take place. Otherwise, step by step reaction may creep in. A university is obviously a place for speculative thought, and if the American rush towards materialism is to be counterbalanced by some philosophical thought, this University and others must begin to assume their proper sphere of duty...
...course, you can't please everyone, but I sincerely hope you will "live long and prosper." If you are in any danger at all from the standpoint of the contents of the magazine, it is that of letting top much editorial opinion creep in under the guise of statement of fact. It is impossible, of course, and would be undesirable, to keep out altogether some indication of the trend of the editorial mind, but especially in those departments which retail current news, as distinguished from those which include criticism, I think you ought to be very careful that...