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...proposes to drive upper class men under the Freshman yoke of compulsion. But the old ideal of "mens sana in corpore sano" is one which a certain proportion of students will always overlook. Time is limited; the man for whom exercise is now particular pleasure does not always find it easy break into the afternoon for a game of tennis or squash or a row on the river; often, too, it is difficult to find partners or facilities. The temptation of the easiest way is to let exercise slip, or to put up with the old-man's expedient...
...quote Senior Quezon's declaration before Congress in reply to the frequent query of "Wry should not the Filipino people be content with American rule?" "I will answer", he said, "in the language of that great apostle of human freedom, Daniel Webster. 'No matter how easy may be the yoke imposed by a foreign power, if it is not imposed by the voice of his own nation and his own people, he will not, he cannot, and he means not to be happy under its burden." Mr. Quezon concludes: "And we can be friends, only if we are not your...
Another interesting, but perhaps irrelevant, discovery of ours relates to the South American domestic animal, the Ilama, still much used in these regions. The method of employing these creatures is unique. They are put in pairs, and a yoke is simply placed across their necks with projections hanging down on either side, but not fastened below. Obviously, in order to escape, all one of the beasts needs to do is to lower his head; but by a sort of stubborn pride they always bear their heads high, and are never known to escape. We have found Ilama bones in many...
...with a strong central government through the triumphant tradition of the Roman Law and Gallic belief in the sacredness of property. But Mexico has none of these. The degenerate, confused Latin tradition of the Gonquistadores had not time to become rooted in the semi-barbarous Mexican soil before the yoke of Spain was thrown off; and poor as that tradition was there has been nothing since to take its place. That the United States could go into Mexico, take over the government completely, and forcibly graft onto the nation a tradition of government, is generally admitted. The advisability and ethics...
...Aero Society Meeting at 6 Rolyoke yoke place...