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...personal conviction that the hostile attitude of society towards Ibsen is only an illustration of that principle which is as old as life - the principle of self preservation, and further that "the cry that Ibsen is treading upon dangerous ground, the old cry of pitch and defilement, of forbidden subject, gives expression to that fear of unpleasant truth, that effeminate shrinking from all that is dark and evil which is characteristic of buoyant optimism...
...were not examined by Dr. Sargent for the Class Games must be examined before running tomorrow, under penalty of being forbidden to run again this year; and all men who won prizes in the Class Games must compete in some event in the University Games...
...faculty of Dean Academy have forbidden the playing of foot ball by the students...
...need of greater watchfulness on the part of both watchmen and students. There is a rule posted in every entry forbidding peddlers, beggars, etc., from entering under penalty of arrest; but chiefly through the fault of the students this has become a dead letter. Few if any of the forbidden visitors are even deterred by the sign and the students seldom remind them of it. Consequently we have become used to seeing peddlers in the halls and are not on our guard. To Old John there is, of course, no objection. If the rule were strictly enforced, the first appearance...
...true that there is a certain antagonism to, and prejudice against, the Jews but this is gradually vanishing. Then, too, it must be remembered that the Christians were the ones responsible for the degraded position of the Jews in the Middle Ages, since they were at that time forbidden to own lands and were thus driven to be traders. It has been said too that the Jew was not a patriot. How could a Jew be a patriot in the Middle Ages. He was not permitted to occupy a domicile for more than a few years, was then compelled...