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France, Belgium, Spain and Brazil have preceded us in similar attempts to gather for permanent preservation all the really excellent work of those artists, authors, sculptors, and architects which the Immortals may deem worthy of recognition. The American Immortals are fifty in number, and form "a comradeship of the leaders of the arts in America". It is the decision of this group that they recognize everything for its esthetic value, regardless of the public popularity or vogue that it may have. In this way only the truly literary and esthetic records of the nation are chosen...
...Class Ode, by Paul Rice Doolin, is a good chore well done, and there is no particular fault to be found with Mr. King's "Comradeship," in the June number. The Lloyd McKim Garrison Prize Poem, by A. Morley Dobson, shows much skill in the difficult sestina, but far too little depth of judgement. In more senses than one, it is simple to uphold one side of the Flume controversy, and only to rhapsodize, not judge, or analyze the question. The normal reaction from this sort of thing has been expressed by an undergraduate some months ago, in the Harvard...
...cafes; every one is serious; no one drinks nor even desires a drink, for all realize now what a fearful poison alcohol is, and without exception the nation rejoices in the profound conviction that wine is neither a food nor an excellent beverage, that the pleasant hours and the comradeship which it gave us were but hallucinations...
...study at the University may not seem to be of much importance. Yet, if the educated classes of England and the United States hold aloof from one another, the chance for the real international friendship which comes of long acquaintance will be small indeed. It took the actual comradeship of the front line trenches, stripping away social mannerisms and prejudices, to teach the American soldier in France to like and respect the Briton. Unfortunately, it is impossible to stage a war very frequently to promote international good-will. But, if we remain dependent upon newspapers, history books, and casual tourists...
...undertaken it. It is up to us who have had special advantages of education to repay our debt to society by doing our part, and I know that Harvard men are going to make their contribution." Mr. Peters concluded his speech with a tribute to Colonel Roosevelt's remarkable comradeship and personality...