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...Getting by" is the advance poster of this lassitude. The expression "contains as much moral poison as a two-word phrase can hold", and it aims to dull the conscience into accepting the kind of listless existence it signifies. The man who says he is "getting by" is merely drifting with the current into the sea of oblivion. When the fighting spirit of races as well as of individuals runs low rapid degeneration inevitably follows. And when high resolve and constant initiative relax their powers, then the loser is morally poor indeed; for he has dropped out of the race...
...Cambridge. The Ruling Classes of the University are there, from the President himself down to the office attendants, and from George Washington Cram to George Washington Terry. No mercy is shown; the Horrible Truth has been divulged. Whispers have run about already that a certain professor was a bit dull, that another loved the truth better than the American revolutionists, and that a certain young lady connected with U9 excelled in personal pulchritude. The facts, however, are now for the first time set down in print...
...barracks of Camp Devens to the Y. M. C. A. Huts on the Chemin des Dames front, all must be supplied. Military life is, at times, extremely boresome; our soldiers must have some means of mental relaxation. A Y. M. C. A. Hut bare of books is a dull and uninteresting object; with books an atmosphere of ease and homelikeness is obtained, that seems so good to a tired soldier...
...first thing that Smileage brings to my mind," said Major Henry Lee Higginson '55 in his address at the Smileage meeting yesterday, "is the old proverb, 'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.' A man in the army, without any source of decent amusement, is very liable to suffer from a loss of morale." Major Higginson then went on to tell of the need of entertainment that prevailed during the Civil War as compared with excellent conditions now being provided at the army and navy cantonments...
...bright spot in this dull play was the dancing of the Misses Cissie and Georgie Sewell, who were charming at all times. It was to be regretted that they were not on the stage more often, for their grace almost put the audience in a good frame of mind. A military dance that these young women presented was unquestionably the most delightful thing in the performance...