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...then, we are to carry on the ideals of American democracy, this paternalistic movement throughout the country must be halted. We must aim, as we have been aiming, only with ever increasing vigor, to raise the average mental power of the people through better education-- in the broadest sense of the word. Such a program can best be carried out through the colleges. Indeed a certain amount of compulsion is often an absolute necessity in our American universities. This does not mean at all that they should increase compulsion in order to force down the national lever against...
...actual changes, but it would seem that discussions of proposed reforms in which the student body is adequately represented would be very profitable. They would add another point of view: that of the younger generation; a point of view which, while less stable, is valuable because of its vigor. A step in the right direction has been taken. The Student Council has appointed a committee to present to the Faculty suggestions for the elucidation of the system of concentration and distribution. But this is not enough. The student body as a whole should become conscious of the possibility of change...
Personal sacrifice gives vigor to an university. The trick of professional dignity lies in the secret of poverty, which ensures, among discriminating people, simplicity and refinement. The distinction of frugality is the scholar's bulwark: raise it, and he is at the mercy of the horrid monotony of capitalist vulgarity. A professor is admitted to polite society not by dint of theatre parties and champagne, but simply because bourgeoisie and Philistines are in mortal terror of his intellect. Money-grubbers and little-brothers-to-the-rich feel in his indigence a power which deprives them of breath. It is part...
...League of Nations is the greatest constructive proposal made in centuries. Nevertheless, it is being opposed with such vigor by some of our Senators, that, in order to support the league, it is necessary to show that certain objections thought extremely serious by them are not well founded...
...College Bestiary" should be a vade mecum for every underclassman. It is an accumulation of wisdom, sorted, labelled, illuminated, and, best of all, tucked away in an idiom that by its vigor and raciness will disarm even those who would like to shoot a preacher at sight. Wherever there is a saving grace of ambition in a student; these "characters" of college types and their glosses will be useful...