Word: ideas
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Versailles Number of the Lampoon the unspoken words of a million readers are voiced in a criticism of the overdone war jokes. To prove the justice of his complaint Lampy, to the gratification of his many faithful readers, proceeds to give an idea of what he means by modern wit. Classicism may be very well in literature, but in the realm of humor, the modern commuter prefers something smacking less of Adam and the fig leaf. His efforts easily outrank former issues and vie with that masterpiece of 1918, the Graduates Number. We are told that poetry is that...
...considerable number in the University. The support which was accorded to the groups of last year in spite of the exacting demands of military duties has shown that they supply a real need in the college life of the student. It is also quite evident that the idea may be developed so as to create an important addition to the opportunities incident to life in the University, which are not listed in the pamphlet of courses. The undergraduate is chronically censured for his supposed lack of interest in the problems relating to national life. As a stock criticism of "things...
...Sargent, in discussing the idea of a department of athletics, makes an interesting point. He reminds us that while all intramural sports would be held under the direction of such a department, intercollegiate contests, which since their organization have been regarded as the sacred property of the student body would still be managed by the Athletic Association. This dual management would pacify those who feared that control by an athletic faculty meant the passing of the big teams...
...saner organization of the present system, a truly equal opportunity for all in physical training, and a removal of the semi-professional spirit. Compulsory athletics we could neither regard as practical nor as advisable. Those who had seen the actual working of compulsion suggested that the opposition which the idea raised in the individual almost totally offset the advantages of the training offered. Although we cannot express an opinion on the matter till a more definite plan is proposed, yet it would seem more reasonable to organize the new system with a view toward extending the opportunities rather than toward...
...other day Senator Lodge received a timely letter from the Lieutenant-Governor of the state suggesting that a resolution be introduced in Congress to change the name of the Panama Canal to the Roosevelt Canal in commemoration of the late Theodore Roosevelt. The idea of such a memorial is excellent; as the Governor expresses it is "to link together for all time the name of this great American leader with the great American contribution to the world...