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...thing which is really offered is exactly the thing for which there has been a persistent demand of late--the opportunity to read independently of courses. And the editorial suggestion that a new course be established, with its tacit assumption that the talk of professors about books is a sine quanon to the intelligent reading of the books themselves, is the strongest evidence possible that the new plan has not come too soon...
Frankly, however, the joke has gone quite far enough. The efficient drafting of the laws is the sine qua non of a rational civilization. It is time that we established enough coordination between the legislative and executive branches of the government so that the statutes on our books may possess at least a semblance of meaning. At present no one knows what many of our laws really say, and every one is aware of the fact. This do-as-you-please kind of statute is a menace to our national life, placing the public, as it does, at the mercy...
...orchestra to one who is familiar with the symphony. For one who has not this background it has no such suggestion; yet if he is possessed of a fairly quick ear he may be able later to whistle enough of the tune to pass; and passing is the "sine quanon" of undergraduate existence. It is surprising that no undergraduate seems to have discovered the beauties of Gothic literature, and asked the Faculty to enrich the curriculum by offering a course in Gothic literature in translation...
...thought is neither more nor less than a call to take a sensible middle course. Spiritual development of personality must depend on material opportunities; and therefore we should recognize, as a sine qua non for a progressive human being, a frank striving for money--and the time and things it can buy. And the goal of the terrestrial experiment seems to be the progress of the group as a group, even if for no other purpose than to shelter the specimens; and therefore the aim of life outside the ego should be, not service or sacrifice or any such personal...
...Senior picture and Freshman offering will be taken simultaneously tomorrow--a function at which caps and gowns are a sine qua non. Have you a little cap-and-gown in your home...