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This plan is certainly not democratic, and it may at first sight appear unjust. That many excellent men might be excluded from positions which they are fitted to hold cannot be denied; but in this, as in all political matters, the subject must be regarded in a very general way. It should be remembered that the members of every class enter college, as infants enter the world, on perfectly equal terms, and that the subsequent differences in their positions are due in a great degree to their antecedents, to their characters, and to their abilities. And, on the whole...
...admitted that the action of the last convention had been childish in the extreme; but he thought that the meeting should consider three points: First, Is it right for Harvard to withdraw? Second, Would it be better for her to withdraw? Third, Would it not be better for the general rowing interests of all the colleges that she should withdraw...
...have received a well-written contribution on the Index, but through lack of space are unable to print it in these columns. The general tone of the article is by no means flattering to the editors of the Index, and the writer comments severely upon several features in the book which are justly censurable. He complains that the Index is published simply for the purpose of making money, and not to provide students with correct lists of the members of the different societies and accurate records of the athletic contests; deplores the lack of any good management in the book...
...says it is about civilization.) Very good, sir, very true. I 'm glad to see that you looked at it. Well, sir, what is civilization? (H. says it's the absence of unenlightenment.) Y-e-s, that's all true; but - you are, I think, a little too general; try to be a little more concise. Well, don't let me interrupt you, sir; go on. (H. says civilization is a very good sort of a thing; if we did n't have any civilization, we'd have barbarism.) Y-e-s, that's quite true, sir; but what - Well...
...medals that they may possess over the shingles aforesaid, and when they have put photographs of a popular actress or two - probably Rosina Vokes, and some loose character in tights - on their mantelpieces, they have paid attention enough to aesthetics. They appear to regard pictures, and decorations in general, as convenient inventions to fill bare walls; they appear to decorate their rooms, if they take the trouble to decorate them at all, with little more appreciation and intelligence than were used by the wealthy gentleman who purchased his library by the pound...