Word: evils
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...interest in their work. Then, and then only, will the college be even approximating its ideal. These are the sole ways in which to attack the problem; for the student himself who is so weak as to rely on "notes" for a passing mark cannot be convinced of the evil of his ways by argument, utilitarian or otherwise. The hypodermic must be put out of his reach...
...remedy is almost as self-evident as the evil. Sot a day when probation begins for each period, and-notify every one at the same time, printing on a card the corresponding date when probation would end provided the marks were sat is factory. Special cases might be brought up prior to the "probation" meeting of the Administrative Board and then be held over to take effect the same day. No one wants to find the Office an inexorable machine, but not a few of the sufferers under the present system would be willing to forego some individual attention...
...third fundamental evil of our old systems of election--and this applies to elections for other officials as well as to those for representatives--is their failure to permit the voter to express his will on the ballot as fully as he pleases so that it can be made effective without regard to how others have voted. Suppose A, B, and C are candidates for one office, and suppose you prefer C, but think he has no chance of being elected. Under our old methods of voting you may not dare to vote for C for fear of "throwing your...
...facade is symbolic in composition and detail. In the central motive, interest centers on the figure of Our Lady of Victory, supported by St. George and St. Michael crushing the Evil Spirits; destruction of the old Library, while underneath, crowning the doors leading to the three exterior pulpits are busts of the heroes of the war, the King, the Queen, and Cardinal Mercier. The coats of arms of Belgium and the United States are framed in the high balustrade which surrounds and crowns the building; in this balustrade is interwoven an inscription describing the destruction of the old Library...
...main trouble is that many, many people are forgetting the fundamental evil: overemphasis. All abhor subsidization and abuses present now; yet few will make any changes to minimize the importance of athletics. The "Times", in an editorial yesterday: "If all college students were 'gentlemen' we should need no rules at all."--a statement true but also common knowledge. And one reason is that colleges are for some absurd reason judged by athletic teams; so that men who are not gentlemen in the best sense go to college to achieve athletic reputations and perhaps a degree; so that alumni may back...