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...attempting to present my own views regarding the great question of population confronting my country, I undertake to comment upon Professor Hershey's article, not in order to "justify past and possible future aggression on the part of Japan," but for the purpose of putting before the readers of the CRIMSON such information as will aid them in securing a fuller understanding of the complicated situation which Japan is today facing...
...Daily Princetonian" created a flurry in the world of colleges by proposing higher tuition fees for the rich than for the poor. The stir was so great, in fact, that the "New York Times" saw fit to comment on the plan editorially. What the "Princetonian" said in effect was this: the present tuition fee comes nowhere near meeting the actual cost to the college of a student's education. It is unwise, however, to raise the fee for all, because a larger fee would keep away the poor. But there is no reason why the rich should share the benefit...
Concerning the hats: whatever we have heard in the past about the typical Harvard hat faded into insignificance before the comment passed on some of the contributions to the exchange. To be sure the ensemble on view was a bit below average owing to various reasons. The real sensation of the day, however, was provided in the lost and found columns. We had no idea that so many of August's best had vanished into thin air at the Stadium. Dozens of men lost their "form-fit chapeaux", but very few had found a thing worthy of disposal...
...only selfish enjoyment at the expense of the majority, it is hard to find any excuse for this sort of thing. Least of all should it occur at a crowded evening at the Union, where it reflects directly up-on the College, and gives rise to much unsavory outside comment...
...Passos' "Three Soldiers" has called forth storms of comment. It has disgusted hundreds by its gruesome pictures of army life; it has monopolized first pages of Literary supplements and has furnished enough Letters to the Editor to keep the newspapers running for weeks. But now it is no longer alone in the field. Dos Passos has a rival: he is Senator Watson...