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...gather in parlors to discuss wrong conditions which they do not understand and to advocate remedies which have the prime defect of being unworkable. The judgment on practical affairs, political and social, of educated men who keep aloof from the conditions of practical life, is apt to be valueless to those other men who do really wage effective war against the forces of baseness and evil. From the political standpoint, education is a harm and not a benefit to the men whom it serves as an excuse for refusing to mingle with their fellows and for standing aloof from...
...there are some features to the new regulations which seem not only valueless for the object sought, but unfair to a large class of undergraduates. For instance, the rule says: "A student on leave of absence from the College or the Scientific School, and doing work in some other department, is not an undergraduate within the meaning of the rule...
This joy of promise is valueless, however, when it does not lead to something higher--the joy of attainment. Here the satisfaction lies in the powers within us, for we begin to realize that to be weak is to be miserable. This we must bear in mind to avoid turning side and wasting our vitality on superficial pleasures. This joy of attainment is the possession of the scientist, of the deep thinker, even of the man who has gained wealth; but it is only the stepping stone to the greatest of all joys--that of ministration. However grand the attainment...
...point in any dual games or in the Mott Haven games. These same rules were to apply to the use of hat bands. This rule, as we said before, will be exceedingly beneficial if it is thoroughly followed by the members of the teams, and will be valueless if it is abused. Several persons have complained that it is now being abused by some of the members of the Mott Haven Team. Whether or not the complaint is justified we do not say, but we again wish to urge members of the team to observe the regulations closely. The only...
...Pickering has a letter from Professor Bailey dated September twenty-sixth which contains the statement that this upper station had been broken into, and that some of the instruments had been taken away. Such an attack must have been made by marauding Indians and, since the instruments would be valueless to them, it seems a piece of wanton mischief...