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...organization or "camp" in his own home community--that is a good point; but I am sorry that the CRIMSON has not seen fit to recommend the organization of a branch or separate "Harvard Legion" to be composed of members, or members-to-be, of the "American Legion" who happen at any time to be in Harvard...
...weather is yielding to the omnipotent sway of spring. Day by day the overcoats and heavy winter suits are giving way to light and jaunty summer clothes. Flannel trousers have already appeared on the tennis courts and many youths have taken off their burdensome vests. But what is to happen to the clothing which is cast aside? Shall Max be called upon or shall it be put to some better use? The Phillips Brooks House has solved the problem, and for the next three days it will hold its annual spring clothing collection...
...purpose of the study of economics in a republic to reduce some-what the likelihood of going wrong in economic affairs, and to increase some-what the likelihood of going right. In an autocracy the people may rely upon their rulers for guidance if they happen to have reliable rulers, but in a republic they have no one to rely upon but them-selves. That furnishes a sufficient reason why the study of economics should interest all serious minded people at all times, and especially in a time like this...
...accusation is made on economic grounds. It is never very difficult for civilization to justify itself in the minds of those who are comfortable under it; it is not so easy to justify it in the minds of those who suffer under it. If those who suffer under it happen to be a majority, as was the case in Russia, they are the ones who will decide whether civilization shall, survive or perish. Therefore they are the ones who must be convinced that it is worth saving. If they are in a minority, as we hope they are in this...
...there can be small hope for peace in the future if the Allies of today, fresh from fighting side by side amidst the most cordial relations, fall out over an affair of so comparatively little magnitude. If the Great Powers become disaffected now for such a reason, what will happen in fifty years, when vital economic interests may be at stake...