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...Many dismiss the subject of "P. B. H." with a conscientious pecuniary donation. Not that financial assistance is unwelcome, but the ideals for which the Association stands should claim an interest leading to individual participation in its plans. Whoever devotes a proportion of his schedule to social service work will find his effort well spent,--both in the good he does for others, and the benefit he himself receives...
That a President of the United States should harshly dismiss his Secretary of State on the grounds of usurpation of executive power, because that Secretary called informal cabinet meetings during the President's incapacity, seems unthinkable. The government must function, and if the President is unable to direct its work the cabinet--those men whom the President himself has chosen as his official advisors--has not only the right but the duty to meet for discussion and interchange of ideas on pressing governmental affairs...
...belief that the great struggle of the last five years has made new methods of life necessary, that there must be closer co-operation between capital and labor. And at the root of most of our social problems lies that of education. It has been customary -- too customary -- to dismiss any difficult problem with the statement: "If we had better education this would take care of itself." But, although these words have become very trite, it is none the less true that reforms in our colleges, secondary, and elementary schools are very necessary if we are to be able...
...coming year as follows: "No matter how poor an oar a man may prove, there will always be a crew for him to row on; a coach to instruct him, and a final race for him to row in at the close of the season. The coaches will never dismiss a man from the river...
...wish to dismiss the collection as one without merit. A few poems shine out: "Thy Heart," by Sigourney Thayer of Amherst, "To Josiah Royce," by Brent Dow Allinson of Harvard; "The Winds of Day and Night," by Russell Lord of Cornell; "Unidentified," by Marie Louise Hersey of Radcliffe. Best of all I like "Rime of the Cross-Cut Saw," by R. S. Clark of Michigan Agricultural College. Many Harvard men after their activities of the vacation may appreciate the lines...