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...undergraduates. The majority of graduates have benefited in many ways from their four years here but they have in no way changed or added to their "spiritual experience"; what they have done is to crystallize a set of habits and a group of confused ideas into a makeshift way of life...
...statement could more perfectly sum up the anarchic way out of a difficulty than the letter from Eugene L. Bolisle in your issue of October 19. The too frequent habit of democratic communities, of taking the easy way, of resorting to makeshift, which has brought democracy as a system to disrepute, is just what the letter appeals to. The final statement "People are suffering, this is the only issue, Harvard can give money. This is the only answer", reveals the loss of perspective in preoccupation with a small difficulty, which has made some people believe, that democracy cannot possibly achieve...
Lowell House may find itself challenged in football within the next week by a makeshift team composed of press correspondents. The idea of a press team was brought up yesterday at the daily meeting held by F. J. Ryan '24, publicity director for the H. A. A., for the purpose of giving out football information to members of the press...
...solve the puzzle of fitting the veterans of last year's victorious Freshman crew together with the old University oars to produce the best possible combination to meet Technology and Princeton at the end of the coming week, Whiteside is making daily shifts in the seatings, and testing the makeshift eights in short races in the basin...
...form be made as soon as possible. For that reason it would seem better to postpone the elections for the Student Council, which are to be held in a few weeks, until a time very early in the Fall. Any election of members now would of necessity cause a makeshift arrangement next year. It is also impossible to have any of the five new units name any members from out of their scattered midst this semester. The Junior members of council could very well remain over as is always the custom, conduct the elections in the Fall...