Word: foolish
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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There is an old story which is probably known to everyone. There were ten virgins of whom five were wise and five foolish. The wise virgins took oil with them, but the foolish did not. When, at last, the bridegroom came, the foolish virgins found themselves without oil, and as they could borrow none, they were compelled to go out and buy. When they returned they found themselves locked...
This parable applies with great nicety to men of similar sentiments to those of the composers of the letter in yesterday's CRIMSON. Such men may be likened to the foolish virgins, for when the crisis comes, they will find themselves "outside the locked door,' while the true Americans are inside enjoying the wedding feast. J. ROBERT MELISH...
...other hand, without its extra-curriculum activities Harvard would not be able to function on the same basis as other American colleges. The one is as essential as the other. Blanket condemnation of private schools, based on the scholastic standing of their alumni in the colleges, is foolish and absurd...