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...course and as an alumnus. There is no such thing conceivable as being in two fraternities at once. Resignations and expulsions are exceedingly rare; intense devotion to the welfare of the fraternity here and elsewhere is the rule on the part of the members. Over all their operations a veil of general secrecy is cast; the location of the meeting hall is unknown, and the very existence of the fraternity seldom referred to by its members in conversation. Many fellows, moreover, have no friends outside of the fraternity and no more acquaintances than they can help...
...conducted differently by different instructors, and it would be manifestly impracticable to attempt to fix any method of assigning the marks for the year which should be binding upon all. Each instructor, however, can do much toward removing the objectionable features of the present plan by removing the veil which in so many cases enshrouds the assignment of marks, and telling to his section the exact principle upon which he proceeds. One instructor has very kindly taken this course, and the result is that much of the uncertainty which ordinarily worries a man with regard to his final marks...
...look the matter sternly in the face they will perceive that there are disfiguring wrinkles that all the cosmetics of art cannot drive away. Human nature is human nature, and no human power can ever conquer it. It displays itself despite every effort to hide it beneath a flimsy veil that sentiment may weave. When the Golden Age again sheds its brightening beams upon mankind, when virtue again reigns supreme throughout the world, and when, what is most important, youth ceases to be youth and loses all the characteristics of impulsiveness and fire that make it youth, then perhaps this...
...stern gray head; but veil'd his eyes for tears...
...face only, veil'd in desolation...