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...Religious Life at Harvard." "The first and universal characteristic of the Harvard undergraduate," he finds, "is a dread of seeming to appear better than he is." As a consequence, "he often appears worse than he is, lest you should think him to be what he is not. Prayer meetings repel him, and yet the daily morning service in Application Chapel is attended by one hundred of the fifteen hundred who could be expected to attend it. In what ordinary community of fifteen hundred could you support a daily service with such an attendance...
...average issue of this fortnightly, it will be found to contain editorials, several short stories, an essay and three selections in verse. There is a family likeness, it is true, between this number and the many others that have gone before, but can so minor a fault repel the undergraduate? The editorials are interesting in that they reflect the student's opinion of his college world, Mr. Thwing's essay is a genial trifle, Mr. Hurst's and Mr. Peterson's stories meritorious though not distinguished; the poetry is worth reading, Mr. Mariett's "Cat Tails", in fact, is remarkably...
...aggressively sapient piece of work, the article may interest those who are interested in Turner, if they are willing to forgive a patronizing tone for the sake of being informed. The dogmatic manner in art criticism, justified in Ruskin's case by his authoritative position, may in this article repel those who prefer to be stimulated by suggestion rather than to be instructed by formal teaching...
...power of Christ came, first, from his unwavering devotion and obedience to the will of God. Men of strength who acknowledge no higher strength, men of genius, who do not acknowledge the superior wisdom of God, do not lead men but repel them; only those who point, like the compass needle, unchangingly to a pole where lies all power and influence are those who direct and guide the world. Jesus Christ by a standard of right above and beyond himself was able to point men to ideals and attainment, higher than their own and was able to make them follow...
...fence similar to the one enclosing Soldiers Field, with the main idea of securing "exclusiveness." Such a formidable fence would not suit the present requirements. The fence in question was built from a practical standpoint only, for such was the exigency of the case. It was built to repel; that is not Harvard's policy. As for exclusiveness, if Harvard has not enough of that already there surely can be none gained by emulating the present tendency of newer colleges to create exclusiveness by artificial means. Something less magnificent is needed. Now, in view of the fact that the present...