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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...book proposes the next step in human progress. Mr. Denison realizes, with the late J. B. Bury, that to understand the causes of civilization and to direct its future development, the laws of its past movement must be ascertained from history with scientific precision. Assuming that civilization always depends on communal effort, the author argues that emotion is the only nexus powerful enough to hold men together. The emotions that have united human societies in the past he analyzes into two categories: patriarchal, which makes for perpendicular ordering of individuals as in the Roman Catholic Church; and fratriarchal, or horizontal...
Informal football practice has been going on for the past few weeks under the direction of Kennard. Monday, however, marks the opening of the regular three weeks session which is held each spring...
Whether the great majority of college football fans actually favor a reversion to old time football conditions remains a question. The Cornell Sun has answered it in the affirmative, but the fact that there has been no notice able decline in the student attendance at games during the past several seasons seems to indicate that the modern undergraduate is satisfied with the status quo. It should be remembered that against the impersonality and what can almost be called pseudo-professional spirit of the modern contest must be balanced the improvement in quality of the football which is witnessed, as well...
...article, dealing with the minorities problem in Europe, was written especially for the Crimson by W. L. Langer '15, assistant professor of History and tutor in the Division of History, Government, and Economics in the University. This problem has been discussed at the Council meeting at Geneva during the past week...
Most of the applications have come in within the past week since at this date last week only 150 applications were in the hands of the committee. Invitations to all the ladies have been sent out and the tickets to all men attending will be in the mail today...