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...last function of Rhodes House is to serve as a gathering place for old Rhodes Scholars' returning in after years. The plans contemplate ultimately chambers in which these visitors may be housed whenever in Oxford
...reappearance of the Student Vagabond in the CRIMSON's columns provides opportunity for an exposition of the Vagabond's aim and purpose. A department whose function is necessarily restricted to a large and variegated university, its appeal is so inclusive as to appear, at first sight, inextricably diffuse. Out of scores of courses how can the superlatives-the most informative, most interesting, most impressive be chosen so as to meet the tastes of all? How can one be sure that those sitting in on lectures recommended by the Vagabond are not disappointed or even worse...
...With the general obscuring of the colleges' original purpose and function, it has unfortunately become a kind of glorified playground. It has become the paradise of the young...
After his trial and tribulations Preacher Beecher went back to his pulpit where for a few more years he continued to function. Theodore Tilton went to France; there he was playing chess when a newspaper man handed him a cable which said, "BEECHER DEAD. INTERVIEW TILTON." For a long time Mr. Tilton stared out at the streets of Paris, gay with spring. Then he turned back to his chess board and said to the man he was playing with, "I beg your pardon ... is it my move?" The Book. To fit a name which is now not well remembered, even...
...applicant more sensitive and the independent applicant more determined to keep to himself what concerns only himself. The sensitive soul will fill out the blank, depart, and never more return. The independent student will sneer and get a job for himself. In both cases the Bureau fails of its function...