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...obligation with honor; the French (of Louis XV), based on privilege without obligation. Which tradition is being accepted by rich Americans'? The answer will come from the sons of Rockefellers, Vanderbilts, Stotesburys, Armours, Mel-Ions, Bakers, Biddies, Fords, who can, if they like, win Grand Nationals. This is the purport of considerable serious comment across the water...
...Emperor Jones" come to life, with sex and race transformed, Is the purport of a recent news-item from Australia. Elizabeth Mahoney, the widow of a South Sea trader, has returned to civilization after thirty-three industrious years on an island in the Antipodes During those years she has accumulated a fortune in gold, which she herself has mined; she has acquired a fleet of small boats, and incidentally has done the everyday tasks of carpentering, engineering, and the raising of-her own food-supplies. All these are mere incidentals. Her great achievement was in winning sovereignty over...
There is no incentive in the program for a snap course, nor for a fraternal walking organization. The training does not purport to be child's play. However, war is not child's play, and Harvard men are not children...
...current number of the magazine. The photographs all bear a close resemblance to the subjects they purport to represent, which, incidentally, in athletic pictures is exceptional, when we remember the average newspaper version of "X marks the spot where the ball was passed...
...current number of the "Advocate" contains a somewhat ambiguous editorial, the purport of which appears to be a suggestion that the CRIMSON publish outside news. Many college papers devote a great deal of space to such news, and the CRIMSON is frequently criticised for not following their example...