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...empty atmosphere. They will not have the advantage of constant undergraduate contact or of such groups as the Student Council Committee on Curriculum and Tenure to give them the worm's perspective. There are a few broad outlines they might well remember. Departments, often made rigid by custom and habit, could be kept alive by frequent conferences, with new ideas actually sought after. The large problem of faculty appointments needs attention--getting the right man to teach the right course, getting the great scholars and at the same time capable and inspiring instructors. Depredations of public service among the faculty...
None of them have had to swim 100 yards in the Charles River yet. In fact, the suggestion has already been made by bystanders (it's getting to be a habit) that they should practice for a race with they Navy men who go out for crew...
Sing Something Simple. The tune of Lili Marleen has the simplicity, tinged with poignancy, which has characterized many of the most enduring popular songs (Madelon, The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, etc.). It begins by impressing its listeners as musical beer and sauerkraut, ends by becoming a habit-forming musical drug. With an ump-pah accompaniment, it is a march. Changed to ump-da-dump-dump, it becomes a tango. In either case, the strains are of a kind which easily attach themselves to romantic memories and the pathos of separation...
Place and Heath have already started their work, and Place's appeal has already gone out. Their policy will be not to ask for very large donations from members of their class, but to see that the class gets the habit of contributing as soon as they leave College...
...very close to God. I recognized something great in her. And I believe that my childhood training influenced me greatly even though I was more or less rebellious at the time. ... I found family prayers tiresome. ... I hated the long sermons. But today I feel that this church-going habit established something, a kind of stability...