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When we speak of the "ironies of history," we usually think of something bitter. Sometimes there are pleasant ironies. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in a letter written in 1870, describes the amazement of Harvard College over its new President, who was so different from its preconceived idea of what a college president should...
...following letter was received from R. L. Moore '18, who is now serving in a French flying squadron in France...
Lieutenant McPherson Rogers '17L, of Alabama, now an aviator in the American Expeditionary Force, in a letter to Professor Copeland writes that he has adopted a French boy, "sadly in need of aid." Already two other officers have followed his example. The letter, published in the current number of the Alumni Bulletin, is reprinted in the CRIMSON by permission of Professor Copeland...
...contrast with it, the report to the University Professors has the effect of avoiding the most difficult kinds of cases and laying down platitudes for principles. In general, it takes the ground that doubts should be resolved in favor of the teacher, who, however, when he violates the letter or the spirit of the law, should be suspended or dismissed without waiting for the officers of the Government to act. The forceful parts of the report are those upholding the right and the advantage of public discussion of the objects of a war and the methods of conducting...
...thing is unusual, and faintly hopeful, about the latest Advocate: the editorials are the best part of it. They are brief, timely, pointed, sane, and well expressed. There is a letter from the former president, now at Yaphank, which is frank and entertaining. There is a short poem by Mr. Cowley, whose work always shows intelligence and distinction. There is some incontrovertible wisdom on the war by Mr. C. MacVeagh. And that is about all that one can find to praise...