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...many good things about that few under graduates seem to appreciate. Perhaps this is due to the press of scholasticism, perhaps to sheer mental disinterest, or perhaps to ignorance, which at Harvard may be construed as synonymous with mental disinterest. Whatever the cause, and the Vagabond does not profess to know it, he has decided to set down his findings on the thins which should amuse and edify the average youth...
...various forces such as Nationalism and Imperialism which rushed the world headlong into the crisis of 1914 in a clear and convincing fashion. And he has gone on to show the several trends that are present in Europe today, whether for good or for ill he does not profess to know...
...turn in the general direction of the tender passion and its inevitable concomitants. Already an acute observer may see an occasional lady leaning over her casement in the hope that a modern knight will pass by in a suave phaeton gayly tirra-lirraing. Whereas the Vagabond does not profess to be more than slightly conversant with such cardiac matters he has heard from vehement, if not avowedly authentic sources that a knowledge of poetry is rarely a hindrance and often a help...
...Harding era and that wise Washingtonians might recognize a certain amount of historical realism. The locale of this picture is not the National Capitol (an international ball takes place in another metropolis) and the action of the story is entirely modern. As to the "historical realism" I must profess ignorance. Of course analogies in real life can always be drawn from motion pictures...
...attitude is no more comforting than the "Tatler's" ridiculous rating of debs for their popularity and family. The one can be overlooked as the attempt at sensation by a journalistic outsider. The other strikes a little closer home as the padded brick of some with whom we profess acquaintance...