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...against the Principles of the college to use propaganda among the schools, and in the same way, when a fellow gets to Yale he is not "babied." For this very reason men who have been big at prop school receive somewhat of a blow, and are inclined to find fault, but this same fellow the next year will have changed his opinion. He made clear that Yale students had to work about as hard as any others; not more, and not less, but one thing was emphasized in particular, namely that a Freshman did not have to definitely sign...
...editorial referred to, the CRIMSON was careful' to state that "until definite proof is offered, it were folly to assume that any special group is at fault." The grand jury investigation has given further proof of incendiarism. An inquiry into the situation at Worcester gives the reason for believing the "radical element" responsible...
...Muses brushed the dew from the anemones in the morning, and at evening came Apollo to sing to the shepherds in the vale. But in this we are merely lending to other ages what we desire, or think we desire, for our own. Our historical sense is at fault. Every century that produces poetry is, so far, an artificial century, and the work that seems to us to be the most natural and simple product of its time is always, the result of the most self-conscious effort. Believe me, . . . there is no fine art without self-consciousness, and self...
...Bolshevism. Coupled with previous and similar losses, and recent strikes in the manufacturing plants on the same scene, the case against the "reds" gathers weight. Until definite proof is offered, of course, it were folly to assume on the spur of the instant that any special group is at fault, but if investigation demonstrates that revolutionary propaganda is still at work to such a degree as to cause a $2,000,000 blaze, the occasion would be ripe for a renewed and thorough-going attempt to suppress this increasing danger. For in spite of governmental efforts, plots and bomb outrages...
...times of unusual business depression, it is only natural that unemployed men fall an easy prey to unscrupulous theorists who are trying to force their unworkable schemes on the people. As a man who is out of work through no fault of his own is disgruntled and looks with envious eyes on those in more fortunate circumstances, he heeds proposals for more equal distribution of material things, whereas such thoughts would never enter his mind in normal times when he is in possession of a job that provides with reasonable sufficiency for himself and his family. The efforts of such...