Word: vagabondism
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Excitment over the discovery of America yesterday has left the Vagabond with only sufficient energy to list lectures of interest today and tomorrow, in a field of good things the following seem pre-eminent...
...with the cynicism which is born of cerebral nebulosity, that the debaters being philosophers will not necessarily say anything new about democracy. Perhaps they won't; but what of it? The mere pleasure of hearing such men as Will Durant and Bertrand Russell in debate, will induce the Vagabond to spare the price of a ticket. As for regular lectures, the following seem of interest...
...reappearance of the Student Vagabond in the CRIMSON's columns provides opportunity for an exposition of the Vagabond's aim and purpose. A department whose function is necessarily restricted to a large and variegated university, its appeal is so inclusive as to appear, at first sight, inextricably diffuse. Out of scores of courses how can the superlatives-the most informative, most interesting, most impressive be chosen so as to meet the tastes of all? How can one be sure that those sitting in on lectures recommended by the Vagabond are not disappointed or even worse...
...answer is absurdly simple. No man seeking a definite information or wishing to school himself in some hitherto unknown branch of knowledge should rely on the Vagabond's tutelage. The Vagabond scarcely pretends to act as a substitute for the distributional system. What he has to offer is of a cosmopolitan nature in that it is composed of foreign elements, the filling of gaps in student ignorance is beyond the scope of mere vagabondage...
...Vagabond's chief aspiration is to suggest. If, by listing lectures on outer events which to him seem unusually insinuative and by an occasional comment on the lecturer's topic, he can incite any intellectual curiosity in his reader, his ambitions will have been fulfilled. The course meetings which he notes may prove worthless to the visitor as far as the accumulation of any concrete knowledge; taken alone they may be hopelessly complex or fruitlessly general. Should they arouse inquisitiveness concerning the particular subject under discussion, however, or any tangential treatment value may be measured only with reference to futurities...