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...Irvin Cobb's now proverbial goldfish. Small wonder he cannot forget what he is he is not allowed to. Mr. Morley and the rest have taken upon their shoulders an Old Man of the Sea of their own making. Nor will he drop off so long as they persist in clinging the more tightly...
Columbia University begins its spring term with an attendance exceeding 31,000 and apparently entitling it to the distinction of having the largest student body in the history of the higher education. The traditions persist of the great number of students at the mediaeval universities, the throngs at Bologna, Salamanca and the University of Paris. But Salamanca at its most flourishing period, around 1600., had a student roll of 5,000. And here is an American university of a size to compare with the population of thriving cities and with a faculty larger than the student population of many important...
...people" are unusually stupid. Newspapers warn them of impending danger day after day; yet like the mouse exploring the depths of the sinster, red wooden trap, they persist stubbornly in following prejudice rather than good sense. Today if Mr. Murphy wins as he deserves to, it will be in spite of those who are "die-hard" Republicans, men as well as women...
...away with it at the college that they came from. They do it now because they can, and will, get away with it until the Harvard cheering section feels a little shame and self respect and throws them out in none too gentle a fashion. These individuals who persist in coming into the cheering section where they don't belong, place themselves on par with that low down rabble that infests the wooden stands and puts up such a wonderful exhibition of fair mindedness...
...demanded Dr. Hodgdon's resignation, say their dear desire is to restore their alma mater to its pristine purity, which was menaced by Dr. Hodgdon's striving to make the "poor man's Harvard" more like the real Harvard by paying money to athletes does that sinful device really persist in Cambridge? and by other "new ideas that do not jibe with the traditions of the university." The "loyal" students who supported the President organized parades and stripped for action in the best Lusk manner, but were prayerfully dissuaded from war on the local Soviet...