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...which are, accordingly, sure to be misleading. It is not difficult for a man to find fault with the deeds of his ancestors and to blame them, on the ground that every evil thought and action had transmitted its effect to him. But it does not so often happen that this man realizes how careful he should be himself to try to counteract the evil influence he may have inherited and to take good care not to add to the store which he must transmit to future generations...
...case. It is a frequent occurrence for a valuable book to disappear from the shelves just before important thesis are due in some course. The book sometimes reappears a few days after the theses have been handed in, often it does not. It is interesting to conjecture what will happen in the case of a certain book, now out of print, which is urgently needed by the students in one of the advanced Philosophy courses. The volume disappeared just after the date for handing in the theses was fixed by the instructor...
...clubs and for the alumni of the West that the petition for a western trip has been granted. The faculty has taken time and trouble to make a careful decision in the matter so that here after similar petitions may be quickly reported on. We trust that nothing will happen to prevent this precedent holding for years to come...
...urge everyone to find out who are the noted men connected with the University and for what each one of them is renowned. It is surprising how many men graduate without knowing anything about the members of our various Faculties except about those few with whom they may happen to be thrown in contact at lectures. It is very trying to hear some one speak of a Harvard man whose reputation is national, perhaps even world-wide, and be obliged to admit that one has never heard of the man. If one learns nothing else at college...
Will you allow me to express my regret at the action of the mass meeting on Tuesday night? Such vacillation proves how little public opinion at Harvard is worth. As matters now stand the undergraduates say to any rowdy or ldiot who may happen to think that daubing red paint is funny: "Have your joke if you must; we will pass resolutions of indignation-but don't let those frighten you; for we will pay all the damages of your vandalism, but will not allow you to be molested." This, in effect, is what the meeting of Tuesday means. When...