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...small-minded man's C," a " 'great' man's C." Either studies, or fame in undergraduate activities, must be sacrificed, and according to the accepted opinion, extra-curriculum distinction is of more importance. That is to say, by being a great man in college, the undergraduate can afford to be a little man all the rest of his life...
...doors wide to every alumnus, invites him to look through every building on the campus, and by official lectures tells him carefully and honestly just how each department is running and why each innovation is being made. This is assuredly a wise and far-sighted policy. Harvard can well afford to take similar pains to bind together graduates, undergraduates, and the University office...
...Darrow expanded his views on customs to include college customs. As he bad no sympathy with the majority of universal customs, so he sharply criticised college taboos and formalities, saying. "All colleges would be better for a greater indifference to custom. Harvard cannot afford to be proud of the ground it has covered when it contemplates the distance remaining. No doubt an intelligent man can get an excellent education at Harvard, but those practices that constitute the Cambridge environment would hedge him about...
...worth while to make a definite review of the compositions presented. Although the enthusiasm of the students and their attendance are almost back to pre war standards, there are a good many undoubted music lovers in the University who do not yet appreciate what a remarkable opportunity these Expositions afford to become familiar with a great variety of classical and modern musical literature. And as the Expositions are supported so generously by contributions from the Alumni and other friends of music, they should certainly be attended by as large a number of students as possible...
Your LETTERS afford me many a chuckle. In today's issue, Mar: 9, A. H. Miles writes "broadcasted" is a grammatical error. How could you lose the opportunity to tell him "grammatical error" is quite likely to strike the eye of the educated? A word may be ungrammatical or it may be an error in English, but it could hardly be both grammatical and erroneous...