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...flounder about from one study to another, immersed at the same time in a welter of distracting undergraduate activities, with no guiding purpose. On graduating some, merely following the line of least resistance, become teachers, without regard for the special qualifications needed for high success in that profession. Others drift into business positions, in which they are dissatisfied; and frequently they lose several years in continued drifting before they find a permanent calling...
...threatening clouds of yesterday night drift sweetly by and old Apollo, the charioteer, shows himself with all his radiance and warmth, this day should make history for the departing class of 1914. For today, this gallant crew will board the good ship "Griswold" and will sail away to far off Peddock's Island, where, like Robinson Crusoe of old, they will see that this Friday is well looked after...
...duty to stay at home to carry on the affairs of the nation, manufactures, and business; but above all, it should be remembered that it is not the duty of everyone to enlist, and Harvard undergraduates should watch coolly and intelligently to see the drift of national affairs. Watch and wait until the actual call comes, is the maxim for all to regard...
...review of the figures showing where the new men in the College were prepared and by what system they proved themselves fit to enter points unmistakably to a steady and decided drift toward democracy and nationalism. Allowing for the traditional dose of salt to be served with statistics we may nevertheless feel fairly sure of a few things...
...talent in the form of a brass quartette from the Pierian Sodality and a vocal quartette from the Glee Club will furnish music new and old. Then after a short address by Dean Yeomans, there will be four moving picture rolls, absorbing, dramatic, and humorous. Then the class will drift to the Dining Room, where it will find refreshments and "music as she is played by Kanrich." When satiated, the class, on returning to the Living Room, will find all kinds of novelties and games waiting, not least of which is an African Dodger. Thus the greatest attractions...