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Every spring the Society elects a maximum of five Seniors in addition to the twenty-two elected in the fall, who have failed for legitimate reasons, such as illness, to attain a position among the first. All men who appear reasonably eligible are given careful consideration, a special committee investigates and reports on the academic records of the men, and individual sponsors likewise report all information gathered...
...Good Book" limits man's alloted span to three score years and ten and says that though he attain to four score years they shall bring him nothing but sorrow and bitterness. Scientists, on the other hand, tell us that a man can only live long, if he "vegetates" in a quiet sheltered community. Occasionally, however, we find an individual, who refutes both doctrines, by leading a vigorous life and continuing his activity during a hale old age, to his own satisfaction, and to the benefit of the community...
...attain "that willing suspension of disbelief which is the essence of poetic faith" if, upon opening a book, one finds flung in his face marginal comment after marginal comment, like so many name plates...
...Ohio State stand, should not criticize too harshly or call Harvard or Princeton provincial. To them, the big thing is to beat each other and Yale. Their schedule is framed with that end in view. So long as they feel that way, they are justified in scheduling contests to attain their ambition...
Especially will the present Seniors have occasion to remember their Commencement. The names of the nineteen war-heroes to be especially honored on Thursday will inspire them to greater deeds in the future. The Class of 1919 has had an enviable record, which subsequent classes will seldom attain...