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...Eugene Loomis, rugged president of Lehigh Valley, the late George Fisher Baker's closest friend. "Lehigh Valley does not need rails at this time," snorted Mr. Loomis. "Great days we're having now for hair-trigger planners and schemers! They bob up on every side. . . . All are hellbent upon forcing their plans into operation just as an experiment. That old-fashioned quality of business mind usually, though inadequately, referred to as common sense seems to be passing out of existence. I mourn its passing...
...inferiority can be swept away in the glamor of a football triumph. It should be unnecessary to point out that the benefits were conferred upon many who never made Coach Roper's squad. When Wittmer gets loose the most meager freshman in the cheering section is also free and hellbent for glory. "Hold em!" shout the undergraduates in the stands, and as they cry out they brace their legs against the concrete and all their muscles are ridged and tense...
YOUNG SPORTING LIFE--derbied, cooncoated, this lad will make a fashionably late entrance considerably the worse for last evening's wear but withal still hellbent for a merry-merry. Note feather in his hat and the third from the end in the second row of the "Vanities" on his arm. Constant penalties for illegal use of hands and arms, and unnecessary roughness have failed to dampen his exuberance. Extremely flashy and fast at the start, this boy will be thrown for severe losses before the weekend is concluded. Any pass of his will be not forward...
...second part gives the Ten Commandments of Science or the duties of man to bring about reconstruction through scientific research, eugenics, humanization of industry, preferential reproduction, etc. Excerpts: "One of the outstanding results of civilization is that it has made the world safe for stupidity." "America is simply 'hellbent' on taking a brief biological joy ride, with the definite policy of later turning over its vast intellectual conquests to the morons...