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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...fear, a neglected branch of literature; the majority are "Laodecian," in that particular, as we read on another page. A Senior meditates, "more senforum," on the changes he has seen and some he would like to see. There is an editorial note commendatory of the Student Council, a word in memory of Professor Norton, and a short review of a new book by Mr. Galsworthy...
...corrupt as any business enterprise. The old game of politics, the kind that Mr. Roosevelt plays, is one of compromise. The politician bought his position and kept it. Now the political aspirant should promise to follow out a definite program and make others promise and keep their word. The college man with a knowledge of economics should follow these rules and wrest the power from the agents of corruption...
...know something of the affectionate reverence of Harvard men for Professor Norton, and I know that, for many and many of them, he stands for all that they hoped to acquire at Harvard--in a word, for Culture. When admitted to the hospitality of his home I have realized something of the feeling of the Harvard undergraduate with regard to Professor Norton's home and its influence. I have felt that I breathed there the true atmosphere of that university of the poets;--for while there have been notable poets at other universities, the Cambridge of America, like the Cambridge...
...trifle too obvious. The verse is neither good nor bad--it might be worse, and it ought to be far better. One is loath to believe that the college poet is going the way of the Dodo. The two prose articles, "The National Anthem" and "College Politics," deserve a word in passing. Of the two, the first was decidedly more worthy of publication; continued calling of attention to the inefficiency of American national music may result in ultimate good, and the suggestions made in the essay--if it may be called such--are pertinent. The second article is genial...
...will produce a true Harvard song in word as well as in tune-- that will have the martial air of victory coupled with the appealing tunefulness of good melody--that man will be a benefactor of no small consequence to the University. Perhaps it will be in this competition that such a one will find his opportunity...