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Talma, our interpreter, who was a garrulous native of the neighborhood, fumbled in the shadows of his mind for a moment, then slowly drew forth an old fable that had been handed down by his ancestors for centuries. In olden days, it was said, there had been an unknown spirit on that mountain, and every morning, just at sunrise, he world toll out a clangor on his bell. Once people had believed that he held court had vanished into dust, the bell-ringer had been faithful to his task; until one day after a last faint peal, the sound...
Talma, our interpreter, who was a garrulous native of the neighborhood, fumbled in the shadows of his mind for a moment, then slowly drew forth an old fable that had been handed down by his ancestors for centuries. In olden days, it was said, there had been an unknown spirit on that mountain, and every morning, just at sunrise, he would toll out a clangor on his bell. Once, people had believed that he held court at that hour, but even after the court had vanished into dust, the bell-ringer had been faithful to his task; until...
With this new spirit in games has come a new type of intercollegiate friendship. Princeton has been the leader in this movement and it is from her that we have learned that it is possible to treat your opponents like friends, not like allen enemies. In the olden days football teams used to be quartered in some out-of-the-way town and then let loose on their opponents like gladiators in the Roman stadiums. This year Princeton gave up its clubs to our teams and showed us every possible courtesy, and the University players came back impressed and somewhat...
...once more proving that the lights of song and story in the present generation, even as in that of the olden times, shone most brightly over brave men. "And brighter lights shone o'er fair women and brave men." And there seems to be a reason for it. A social scientist, 40 years ago, said that the greatest nation of the future would be the one that could send the most men to the top of the Matterhorn. He was assailed by many with questions as to what he meant and whether he placed physical qualities and strength...
...Scholarship is not an initiative profession. Next to having no scholarship at all the worst possible effect on a community is to have it divorced from the ordinary interests of life. In the olden days of absolute rule, it was unnecessary to have scholarship extend beyond the throne or the monasteries. But if the government is controlled by the many, it is important that scholarship, knowledge and the ability to think straight should be widely disseminated throughout the entire people...