Word: sayings
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...stellar athletes who clamor at our gates would be so supersensitive as to let a lone cartoon of his race influence his choice of college. If such there be, he is unworthy of the sod which has furnished a greater part of the world's wit and humor. We say this advisedly because by a strange coincidence the man who drew the picture and the president of the board are lineal descendants of St. Patrick themselves, and believe that the opinion voiced in yesterday's communication is not a criterion of the general sentiment of our race in College...
...more mediocre class is the story entitled "The Heritage." It belongs to that type which has grown and spread like a weed in American literature of the last twenty years and which, because it is the peculiar property of the modern magazine, we may say is characterized by the "periodical" style. The recipe for a tale of this type is very simple; only two precautions are necessary. First, you must never tell your story directly and fully, you must only suggest its outline and leave the rest to your reader's imagination. Kipling is largely responsible for the vogue...
...There are few, if any, College activities more profitable than debating to the individual or to the University. Yet few receive less attention from the student body. The successes of Harvard in debating have been secured through the efforts of a very limited number of men, but needless to say, those victories have been won in spite of this indifference, not because of it. More general support would put Harvard debating on a very much surer foundation...
...verse in the number, as well as the prose, is marked by sincerity, but it is curiously inarticulate. For once the poets seem to have had more to say than they were able skilfully to express in rhyme and rhythm. We have that rare thing in college verse the substance more interesting than the form...
...given to every man taken to the training table; if anyone breaks one of these rules, he will be immediately dropped from the squad, regardless of how good a natural ball player he may be. The reason for such a dismissal will be published, so that no one can say that he has been treated unfairly. The third, mental training, lies with each candidate; he must have such a sense of duty to the College, the team, and Dr. Sexton, that he will keep off probation and so will give the coach a chance to work with all the baseball...