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Things do look bad, but a little privation only reminds us that we are at war,--a fact we are often wont to forget. Moreover, the mid-years are coming nearer and nearer, and the new law gives us a gentle hint to do a little work; Mr. Storrow's restriction may even save us from the annual post-examination call on Mr. Cram. To make Boston deader than it is seems an unnecessary blow, especially with New York revelling practically as of yore. Still, coal must be saved and until warm weather comes our motto must be: Off with...
...that a large number of undergraduates will not see this day pass without loaning the United States at east $50. Not only the sound business of it all will appeal to these men, but the fact that there is patriotism involved in this thing will influence everyone. We are wont to feel in times of peace that we are above patriotism. The coming of war only proves how sacred it is, especially when it is directed toward the good of the entire world. They who feel that the boundaries of the United States are too confined for their sympathies...
...Socialists. It is not without genuine regret that Americans read of his resignation, as throughout the war he has shown consummate ability and statesmanlike moderation in all his public acts, whether as finance minister, foreign secretary, or Premier. The grand old man of France, as his friends are wont to call him, has given much to his country in return for scant gratitude. For over a quarter of a century he has been active in French politics, but on each of the three occasions when he was made prime minister, his stay in office was embittered by the virulent opposition...
...those people who are supposed to be helping to set the standards of behavior and taste not only for New York, but for the whole country, and among these patrons are, inevitably, Harvard graduates and undergraduates. That such a place should be habituated by men and women who are wont to term themselves ladies and gentlemen points to many things--in particular, to that unwillingness that has become an inability to see straight, to look at things from a healthy point of view; it points to a decadent standard among those whose opinion influences not alone the standard of morals...
...memory as a means instead of an end is a faculty--that is rarely used to qualify the accuracy of a person's memory per se. We are wont to esteem highly and without discrimination those whose powers of recollection are well nigh faultless, and yet of what merit is the mind that can only imitate and plagiarize? To store up mere facts and uncorrelated details is worse than useless. The natural limits of mental capacity are soon over-run, and there is no room to cultivate original thought and imagination. A machine's efficiency is determined by the ratio...