Word: let
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Undeniably gross faults stand out. One witty undergraduate gave proof of that fact when he declared that under no conditions would he let his studies interfere with his college education. President Wilson showed his grasp of the situation when he said that he believed the side-shows of college life had diverted the interest and attention of students from the main issue. An author--an alumnus of Yale--puts these word into the mouth of one of his characters: "The American colleges and universities today are splendidly equipped institutions organized for the prevention of learning." One writer refers...
...idea. This is America, where people form their own opinions and emotions. "We hate as one," said Lissauer's Hymn of Hate, and that was good German system, organization, propaganda. Here we work out our national salvation on a different plan. The individual rules. Tell him the facts and let him react as he wills. So runs the American idea...
...Cape Cod man, lucky enough to be at Daytona, Florida, in these days, writes that the wild geese have been seen flying north--a fact which East Coast natives assure him presages an early spring. Let us fervently pray that the East Coast people are true prophets, even if of the wishbone variety. With the temperature still vibrating rather wearily between five above and fifteen below, we need such hopefulness...
...Let us hope, however, that Florida is right, and that it is a true sign of an unprecedentedly early spring. We need one. Boston Transcript
...conditions summon all who would normally follow that course and all others who have any inclination to do so. In spite of the seeming avoidance of active participation, it is absolutely essential that some students enter the training corps of physicians. When undergraduates, especially Freshmen, plan their future schedule, let them not forget the needs of the medical corps...