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...only for the earnest poet and the vague dilettante but for anyone who wishes to acquire an appreciation of good poetry through the simple means of personal trial and failure. Genius, by the way, has never been required for a C in this course, as the writer of this bit of confidence will readily testily...
Just what "freshwater college" means has always been a bit hazy in my mind, but if it means "lovers' lane;" "the Cannon;' college town;" nearby woods and swimmin' pools, as compared with various asphalt diploma factories, every Freshwater College from Princeton to Siwash will gladly join the chorus. Ask George...
...bored. They may just wander in because they have found the habit of wandering. But once he has started, one of two things happens to the CRIMSON candidate. He may drop in after two or three days, tell the Managing Editor that his studies are getting a bit harder, and he won't have time for the CRIMSON, shake hands and departs. Or he may cancel his social engagements for the next nine weeks, say good-bye to his roommate, and start working. Surprisingly few, once they have passed the first few trying days, ever quit. They keep on trying...
...newspaper work holds. Most of us, at one time or another, after deciding that after all we didn't want to be a policeman or drive the rear end of a hook and ladder truck, evolve the theory that we are natural born newspaper men. And there is a bit of the journalist in many of us. A CRIMSON competition helps to show how much...
...Story: In almost every town, there is at least one building containing an elevator. In this small and dirty mechanical marvel there squats an old man, usually colored, holding in his hand a bit of frayed rope. When some citizen or sight-see-er enters the elevator with the desire to be hoisted upward, the old blackamoor makes a sad sound and tugs at his rope. Then there is a flash of light, a noise of grinding wheels, a draft of wind; with a slow, drunken irregularity, the rickety cage wobbles toward...