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...disproved the adage, "Where is a Turk his own master?" by substituting the answer, "In Turkey! " for the usual retort, "In hell." These words sum up the fundamental characteristics of Kemal's policy. He stands today as the Emancipator of Turkey. He has lifted the people out of the slough of servile submission to alien authority, brought them to a realization of their inherent qualities and to an independence of thought and action...
...those insectivorous swarms that surround are lights, Lamps, and other sources of artificial light. By some, it is supposed to be a humerous tendency of a dying race. By others, it is heralded as the first delicate development of actual thought in individuals long-buried in the slough of wit. By this last definition, it is a freak to the encouraged. Students of Harvard, we have here an unsurpassed opportunity ot practise that Christmas spirit; to herald this hybrid bug as a true struggler toward the light of more serious endeavor! KEITH MACKAYR...
...plethora of clubs for discussion; when these exist they are mainly social in their nature. There is not the stimulus to originality which a good man can get at Oxford or Cambridge. On the other hand, there is more equality of treatment; the passman does not fall into the slough of ignorant content which the English universities offer him. In the result the average man fares better than he does in England, while the progress of the man of genuine capacity is sacrificed to this doubtful relic of Jeffersonianism...
...friendly rivalry and enjoyment in sport, and not one with intricate under-cover ramifications to detect the opponent's weak points. Let that remain for the contest itself, where there will be ample opportunity for a battle of wits. We are facing an unequalled chance to slough off past habits in athletics that have been essentially bad, and to retain the desirable fundamental principles. --Yale News...
...contestants decked out in gala attire, and the vast concourse of onlookers displaying ostentatiously their brilliant outing costumes. The umpire was at times whimsical and at the third inning called the game on account of dampness. But nothing daunted the two teams and they played on amid cataract and slough. At the end of the game the special delegates from the mathematical department declared the score to be 8 to 7 in favor of the Lampoons. The regular game will be played next week, and then, and then only, can a true estimate be made of the real strength...