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...unfortunate that such can find only the word pacifism to describe their movement. Gotten on cowardice by misplaced idealism in the emotional stress of war, the first light it saw was very dark indeed, and the principle acts, or inactions, committed in its name have damned it eternally for the many heroes and heroines who have sustained through war the bitter loss of their more heroic...
...have never gotten beyond Greek drama. I have played in modern plays and Shakespearian plays and Greek plays, and I consider that the Greek drama is at the summit, the very apex of dramatic...
...namely that the governing board "reserves especially the right to pass on all lectures and their subjects." In the past there has been a strong feeling, whether unfounded or not, that the Union has adopted a somewhat narrow and illiberal attitude in passing on prospective speakers. Some undergraduate have gotten the impression that the governing board is more occupied in guarding them against "dangerous doctrine" than in providing a broad and varied schedule of speakers; the proviso in question may accentuate this feeling. But if the governing board adopts a liberal and reasonable attitude under the present reservation nobody will...
...glorious future which the Committee has opened up before the nation is breath taking in its expanse. Gazing spellbound down the long aisles of light we seem to see invitations to the Postmasters' Ball written in Milionian sonnets, advertisements made worthy of a new Golden Treasury, and Waldorf menus gotten up in heroic couplets. Then and only then can we say with Dr. Pangloss that "all is for the best in the best of all possible worlds...
...back-field is a sure sign that the followers of old Nassau will have a strong kicker, one of the best in the east. Newspaper critic's particularly critized the kicking of the Orange and Black in the last week's game with Johns Hopkins. Kicks were short and gotten off so late that they were frequently blocked. But Van Ger-big's leg will eliminate this difficulty in todays game...