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Lord Stonbury, who is the centre of an artificial social group, is just about to commit suicide partly from financial losses and partly from what appears to be chronic ennui when the Faun appears. Led by a desire to know what men are like, the Faun has come to England from a convenient Mediterranean country, and agrees to give Lord Stonbury tips on the horse-races provided that the Lord will introduce him into society. The first act closes on the rather humorous attempts of the Faun to adopt the dress and manners of conventional society...
Mayor Whitlock of Toledo was then introduced by President Eliot to speak on "Citizenship." No man should commit himself irrevocably to any political party; organization in politics is necessary, to be sure, and no one should keep aloof from them out of conceit; but every voter should be master of himself and decide for himself. What counts is development of character; if we look to this, we shall help in that movement of the people which is the most inspiring on earth today...
...hands for treatment. Owing to the experimental nature of the work, and the press of other business, the affair has progressed very slowly. But the Committee has thought it best to wait two or three years if necessary in hopes that the experiment will succeed, rather than commit itself to the only other alternative, the preservation of the banners between sheets of glass,--an alternative which is expensive, necessitates the taking down of the banners altogether, and may at any moment be proved to have been foolish and unnecessary. It is for the purpose of going on with the work...
...considerable number of Juniors who are as yet undecided as to whether they will attend the Union dance. Doubtless many of them have good reasons for delaying their decision, but we imagine that more have no good excuse, and are merely waiting because they are unwilling to commit themselves to anything so far in advance. Many of these are men who would naturally be relied upon to support an affair of this sort, and who could do much toward making the dance a success. The time for receiving applications has been extended to Saturday, but even with the added time...
Aside from the unnecessary strain upon energy which would result from a protracted parade, there is always the danger of attaching undesirable recruits. The rougher element are unable to draw fine distinctions between College demonstrations and others prompted by less praiseworthy motives. They will welcome the opportunity to commit acts of vandalism under the cover of a large crowd, and as usual Harvard will get the credit for their deeds. We may exaggerate this danger, but the possibility of unwelcome disturbances should be sufficient to check any misdirected demonstration...