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...Beautiful and Damned" would be a pretty dismal story to read but the author fortunately rises above his story. No matter how distorted his viewpoint he has that one essential quality--readability. You may become disgusted with his opinions but, in most cases, you will read to the end. In the first place he has a style which, however, careless it may be, moves, and in the second place he is by no means without a sense of humor. It may be a meaningless world but it has amusing aspects and Fitzgerald has a keen eye for them. Sometimes there...
...abolish war forever we must do it by means of educating the coming generations out of their materialistic viewpoint. If we are to abolish war in the immediate future we must also devise some scheme for making it worth while the sacrifice of a nation's interests for those of the world. This, in our opinion, constitutes the argument in favor of some sort of a superstate whether in the form of a league or an association of nations...
...conference work includes an afternoon meeting, a banquet for the delegates, and an evening meeting. President John G. Hibben, at whose behest the movement was started, will deliver the address of welcome. Anther speaker will be Norman Mackle who will speak about the question of disarmament form the viewpoint of a young man who has been through the experiences of war. Professor Edwin Kemmerer, of the Princeton department of economic side of the question...
...meeting of the Associated Southern Yale Clubs, two speeches, one by President Hadley, the other by an undergraduate representative, illustrated two points of view on the much discussed subject of college democracy. President Hadley declared that the universities should be "national in scope and not represent the provincial viewpoint of a single district, Church, or class of society",--very much in the vein of Doctor Angell's talk a week ago. The class antagonism which explains many of the troubles in the outside world must not enter the colleges, if they are to play their part successfully. The other speaker...
...Graduates' Day has an equally strong appeal to all alumni, a large and representative gathering is expected on Saturday. Harvard men in the graduate schools should attend because, while they are still intimately connected with the University, they have a wider and more mature viewpoint then men in the College and consequently are in a position to take an active part in the discussion. It is to them as well as to the older graduates that Harvard looks for council and advice...