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...quota by half of the required sixty percent vote, the condition of the class might be termed serious. It has been serious in every class for the past few years. But it has reached a point where it cannot be labelled "regrettable" or "unfortunates" and dismissed with an easy shrug of the shoulders as a "lack of class spirit". The Junior state of mind goes far deeper than that. The thing has come to a head and in one way or another has got to be lanced...
...reflections on leaving the theatre were somewhat mixed, but the muttered exclamation, "O Tempora, O Mores!" was one of them. The ejaculation has expressed the disgusted perplexity of people more often than Cicero ever used it himself, and the question, "What are we coming to?" together with the upward shrug of the shoulders, is still unanswered...
What is even more interesting to us we are accustomed to accept with a shrug of the shoulders what "has always been that way" is the fact that tennis was a gambling game and was played extensively about the Mediterranean. (A direct offspring is still played in Cuba and Mexico as Jaialai). None of the modern equipment was necessary. The players knocked a ball with their hands over a mound of earth, or some such obstacle, and settled their debts on the spot. It is barely possible that desperate matches are played on the Jarvis courts for sodas...
...commercial ventures have had equally little effect on either the thoughts or the actions of our sister republic. During the period since the Mexican War, the inhabitants of this tumultuous Spanish-American land, when they have meditated about our relations with them, have said to themselves with a shrug--"gringos--huh", and let it go at that. In spite of our proximity, we have failed surprisingly in all attempts directed toward the advancement of Mexican civilization...
Useless and undecorative memorials have recently spring up in such profusion throughout the country that when another one in mentioned, there is a great inclination to forget the whole matter with a shrug. In this age of brick and stone, a truly fitting memorial is a rarety...