Word: transit
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...plausible, insincere" he is called by our dean. Anything so vital as the proposed League of Nations must inevitably arouse considerable feeling, but is it not somewhat hasty to impugn suddenly shallowness to a man who has hitherto been accredited with sincerity if nothing else. The Latin heading ("She transit gloria Lodge") itself shows that Mr. Gallishaw once held the Senator in esteem...
...second number is vigorous, timely, promising, Dean Gallishaw, whose stout pen doesn't really need the backing of the reproduction of his fist, in Sic Transit Gloria Lodge (would not Laubiae be more euphonious?) fights the Senator as vigorously as he fought the Hun; his ardor thrills even if he isn't quite just. Perhaps,--to alter a little the words of the poet,--he sings...
...demand the right of way on all canals and railroads for the transportation not only of civilian supplies but of war supplies amounts to a denial of Dutch neutrality. Control of transit is a vital function of every nation. To submit to foreign dictation is to abandon sovereignty. Moreover, the obligation of neutrality demands that Holland refuse any step which will be of direct gain to the enemy in its prosecution of the war. This side of the affair is clear, the laws of nationality and neutrality make the acceptance of the proposal impossible...
...until we read something of the nature of Mr. Carpenter's effort. This much we may say: The most of it is such arrant and superficial satire as to lose its sting. We can even laugh about it--especially the poor ignorant Westerner's difficulties with the Boston transit system, and the supposedly cutting remarks on Cambridge weather. Who, indeed, will go so far as to take exception at the latter? And, by the way, the supposed "sop" he throws out to our outraged feelings in his last paragraph is wholly unnecessary. Not only that, but it mars the delightful...
...Cambridge, is the only holiday period of sufficient length to permit in any degree such a gathering of fresh energy. And it is not long enough, especially for western men. For students who live on the coast, to take the extreme case, ten days must be spent in transit; and this makes a journey home out of the question. Even for men who live in the Mississippi Valley the trip can only be the briefest. And the one or two extra days allowed by the Office is not enough to remedy the evil,--even if consistency may be admitted...