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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...source of mild surprise to some of us that the CRIMSON has so naively put its head into the noose that the Army League is known to have strung for it. Upon a telegraphic summons from the latter organization, which is lobbying indefatigably for compulsory military service, the CRIMSON obligingly announces a policy of actively favoring military training, calls for a straw-vote without any previous discussion of the question, and arranges to send an official delegation to Washington on Thursday to lay the convincing results before the Senate Military Affairs Committee, in order to counteract the staggering effect...
...self-confident opinions and positive expression, he was a kindly spirit, hospitable, generous, appreciative of others. His mental energy seemed limitless, his industry tireless, his optimism unquenchable. He exemplified his own ideal of productive scholarship, and carried to the grave with him plans for more books than most of us would think of achieving in a lifetime
First of all, detail is merely a means to an end, and not an end in itself. It is the instrument which, properly adjusted, enables us to see and realize our dreams; but if the focus is destroyed or if the glass becomes indistinct through improper manipulation, the image fades, and only a confused blur is distinguishable. Use the instrument properly and it will aid you invaluably, abuse it, and it will blind you hopelessly...
Many short-sighted college students console themselves for the lack of industry on their determination to labor conscientiously, once they enter the professional school. There is no greater fallacy than the one that leads us to think that it is safer to loaf in college than to loaf in a professional school. The young lawyer who has neglected the law may make up his deficiencies in the early years of his practice--"he will have plenty of time then." But there is no recovery of the years thrown away at college...
Professor Johnston once remarked in a history course that ours was the only country since the Roman Empire in which the possession of intellect was considered a reproach. He alluded, of course, to the sneer which always accompanies the word "highbrow". It is a condition which should cause us serious reflection. One of the faults of a democracy lies apparently in the fact that while education is more widely diffused its quality is somewhat diluted. High scholarship is not honored in America as it is abroad. Other countries recognize the attainments of their learned citizens by some particular distinction: England...