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...Were this the first session of the Senate and its present system of rules, unchanged, should be presented seriously for adoption, the impact of outraged public opinion reflected in the attitude of the Senators themselves would crush the proposal like an eggshell...
...powerful. When bitterness and reproach are hurled at the "authorities" for these and other defects it is well to remember that much of what is worst at Harvard, as in all other colleges, is caused by the materialistic philosophy of the undergraduates themselves. The student body itself tends to crush genius and exalt conformity...
...separate states would necessarily fail to regulate the labor fairly owing to the fact that conditions vary in each state. C. M. Gifford, Wesleyan's second speaker, practically won the decision for his team by his smooth delivery and his argument that the amendment "like a steam roller, would crush out all local interests and ideals...
What is the chance of such a sinking? Is it impossible? The grizzled mariner would shake his head. Nothing is impossible. In two ways may a ship be sunk?by being crushed, by being capsized. Naval architects are not hired to design ships that a storm could crush. Such a feat would yield neither profit nor honor. But capsize ? Everything that floats, or nearly everything, can be capsized. A ship that rolls easily is best, for she knows how to right herself. Of course, she is less comfortable for passengers than one who keeps an even keel in ordinary weathers...
Whether the Tiger can pounce on a careless Crimson team and crush it as did the Hanoverians a few days ago depends on this and next week's practice. The Orange and Black Tiger is already preparing himself for a desperate spring on the University in less than two weeks...