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...least since the war the Legal Aid Bureau has been very loosely organized, with little esprit de corps. Mr. John E. Tarrant, the president this year, has done much to bring the organization closer together. It is hoped this will be continued. To aid this it is suggested that some of the funds of the society be devoted to supplying the offices of the Bureau in Austin Hall with books and equipment so that the members may use that office in working up their cases. This it is believed will result in a feeling of unity and better work...
...standardization of humanity. They think the same thoughts, eat the same food, do the same things and do them always in groups. A Crumb, finding himself alone in anything would very possibly go mad. They are gross, suffocating vulgarians. Among them are Orrin, the Gideonite salesman, bristling with esprit de corps; Tweet, his wife, "a fair thick being"; Mama Crumb, passive housewife ; Pearl, "a lovely, listless sister, a too mellow fruit"; Richmiel, sleek and perfumed, "whose body had seemed nine-tenths of her being" Grandfather Crumb, old, defeated, hopeless, ignored by the other Crumbs, but rising above them. Leda...
...Polytechnique is one of the celebrated Paris schools and has a magnificent record. It is under the administration of the War Ministry and is therefore directed by army officers, although a large number of eminent civilians are on the teaching staff. Students wear special academic costume and have great esprit de corps. In general, French students maintain an attitude of professional etiquette towards each other and act with greater formality than in the United States. Students, for example, rise when the professor enters the room. Professors in certain faculties retain the old formal custom of wearing academic robes at their...
...France of l'esprit european...
Self-government is, in general, the most satisfactory kind of government in an intelligent community. It develops an "esprit de corps" and a feeling of co-operation which cannot otherwise be attained. In recent years Harvard undergraduates, following the easiest course, have gradually turned over to the college authorities the management of the principal student activities, with the exception of class elections. Last fall's episode showed a surprising lack of interest in our only remaining student function...