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Enwright was not called on for enough offensive work by which to judge him. Even Willcox, however, who was called on to substitute for Enwright at the last of the game, was unable to keep his feet in the slim. King made several substantial gains, but he could not depend on the feeble line to burst holes in the "Aggies" defense...
...margin there are some men, with qualifications nearly or even practically as good as the last few men chosen, who yet fail to be elected. This is inevitable, for the line must be drawn somewhere. The prestige of the society and the value of membership in it depend upon restricted numbers. It must also be remembered that Phi Beta Kappa does not claim to reward latent mental ability: it bases its elections upon scholarly achievement in College and evidence of scholarly promise...
...serious consideration will contend that the $3,000,000 deemed necessary by the committee, can be secured with any promptness. Gifts will no doubt continue as in the past, but the income from them is needed to meet the normal demands of the University and it is unwise to depend solely on gifts...
...results of two decisions depend a large part of the success and happiness of most men's lives. To most of the present Senior class the choice of a profession now looms the larger as it is the more inevitable of the two. And on the choice of one's life work it is both possible and the part of wisdom to give and receive advice...
...both our own nation and the world from another such disaster. But the paramount lesson of this war is not the need of attempting to insure for victory in the event of war; we must insure against war itself. The road to be travelled is long; complete success must depend on the development of international law and political unity in some form, and on the universal recognition of the absolute futility of war for securing under modern conditions any economic or moral advantage. The leaders in both lines of progress should be drawn from the most intelligent classes...