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...fact it has met off and on for fifteen years. On some notable occasions it has accomplished not a little--and has at such times been denied the deserved applause. But at best it is like the farmer in his rocker before the fire. "Sometimes he sets and thinks and sometimes he just sets." And "just setting" has been the prevailing activity of the Council for the past few years. Of late it is true there has been a faint sound of cackling suggestive of coming events, and the University awaits breathless and open-eyed for whatever results may come...
...moded with the passage of time and the development of new fads and fancies. At present writing, and as I consider Mrs. Atherton, I have little patience with those exceedingly self-conscious members of the older generation who are, to quote George Kaufman and Marc Connelly, "rocker bound"; who insist on their creaking mentality and absurd clinging to standards which they really never possessed. I'll admit that I do not care for the flapper grandmother; but the dignified preservation of a youthful viewpoint cannot be questioned. The wisdom of age combined with the enthusiasm of youth...
...group of several men, just one of them can turn the tide from ordinary piffle, and keep the tone of the conversation high. By developing a discussion into something valuable, the best in student life is often expressed. From the ordinary student rocker in the top story of a rooming house may be expressed in college slang, truths which are as great as any which were exhaled from the Greek oracles. Students thus decide to their own satisfaction some of the fundamental questions which otherwise they might never have figured out. A wealth and variety of experiences, and a healthy...