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...active participation in the life of the world as it is--the ability to fit into the general scheme and contribute to the common causes. Efficiency is the pass word, and Intelligence the be-all and end-all, in this conception. This end is obviously worthy, but it is imperfect; mere intelligence is not as great as intellect, and efficiency in itself is not progress. True citizenship in something more than being a "success" in the eyes of what is called the World. It is rather the ability to understand the world and all a place...
...matter of contrasts. Miss Alken, the author, has with consummate skill placed opposites side by side. Inherited and acquired refinement meet, and struggle with vulgarity and worse. Carelessness vies with efficiency; temperaments clash. Here and in the beauty of some of the lines (too often marred by imperfect diction) lies the achievement of the playwright...
Independent investigations made some time ago by President Lowell and by Professor Dexter of the University of Illinois have brought out the surprisingly close correlation between excellence in college studies and the chance of appearing in "Who's Who." This test, although admittedly and imperfect criterion of true achievement, is nevertheless one of the best available indications of leadership in American life. Tabulations involving thousands of college graduates show that the average college man has one chance in fifty of winning his way into this category of the famed. But the chance of the Phi Beta Kappa man is three...
...CRIMSON considers it an exceedingly healthy sign that its readers take sufficient interest in these matters to put their views in writing. Their opinions are of necessity based on imperfect knowledge; yet the great majority of those who will cast their votes next Tuesday will base their views, for the most part, on even more imperfect knowledge. Would Mr. Oettinger, because of this, limit the right to vote, so that only recognized experts could cast their ballots...
Lampy's arraignment of the College Office has a tone of seriousness in it; and well it might. The organization in Harvard's administration building is most imperfect. Many undergraduates know this to be a fact through experience; probably the administrative force itself would hesitate before denying it. The sub-Freshman fights his way into college between opposing statements on his standing. The Senior gives up the ghost when he finds that no one can solve his concentration problem...