Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...sometimes wonder just what constitutes public opinion, anyway. The other night we overheard someone in the theatre lobby remark: "This must be a fine play. Look at the crowds trying...
...remark is often heard. Like everything else, the competitions of the Good Old Days have degenerated sadly. Then it was that compets would perform Herculean tasks, and come back looking for more. Anything to win. But now. . At least, so says the August Senior...
...credit let us repeat that he was "delighted to see the pep and enthusiasm of both the graduates and undergraduates". That is what the graduates want: they are a part of Harvard University and want recognition of the fact. It is absurd and unfair to say that his remark was "tactful", for that is not the spirit in which it was intended. He meant is as he stated it--a truth, which if only recognized by others, would clear the air, dispelling clouds of suspicion and dislike on the part of the undergraduates, and claiming for a more united University...
There is a story about a certain mouse who inadvertently lapped up the drippings from a barrel of whiskey. Consequent to this he made a now famous remark-addressed to the world at large. We mention the mouse because his spirit, it seems to us, is not unknown here today. Those who went down to the field yesterday and are also familiar with the story will be able to appreciate the pertinence of its application on this, the eve of the game...
Yale has established a new department, the School of Citizenship. Just what its functions are to be has not been made clear; but it brings to mind a remark sometimes heard among Yale men, to the effect that Yale trains for citizenship while Harvard trains for scholarship. No doubt this statement is intended somewhat as a slur, and our first impulse is to deny its truth. But second thought suggests that perhaps it is more complimentary than was intended. The question is, simply, What do we mean by citizenship...