Word: wisps
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Experience and statistics furnish abundant proof that such men are following a will o' the wisp. A glance through "Who's Who in America" will show that among the many college men listed there for having done something worth while, extremely few have had plain pass records in college. Most of them have taken their degrees with distinction; many of them are members of Phi Beta Kappa. It is the rare exception when a failure or near-failure in college becomes a success in after life. Some men realize this, but, unfortunately, delude themselves into thinking that they will...
...consistent policy of inviting military and naval men to speak under its auspices in an attempt to induce Harvard men to join the army, to undertake military or naval training, to support the present nation-wide campaign to spend more and ever more in chasing the will-o'-the-wisp of military efficiency, is indeed revolting. To read in the daily papers that one who raised his voice to protest against such shameful and absurd proceedings was hissed and hooted at by enthusiastic Harvard students, makes one blush for one's Alma Mater...
...word "certificate" has so often conjured up to the student the idea of a will-o'-the-wisp able in some way to land him in college without any work on his part, that the actual standard of intellectual achievement to be required deserves comment...