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...This danger would really-threaten us if the old popular doctrine of human memory were right. But it is wrong, utterly wrong; and the psychologist's laboratory message is therefore needed, indeed. It is filled with the promise of a happier future. Those hateful ideas clustered about legends and lies were grasped as weapons of war--when the war is over they have lost their purpose and at once they will fall asunder. No trace will remain; those who hated most hotly will forget most quickly. Men will look one another in the face with astonishment; the spell will...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: COMMENT | 12/19/1916 | See Source »

There are many men in the University who will welcome the chance to make some less fortunate people happier in the Christmas season, which Phillips Brooks House is giving. The contributions to the Phillips Brooks House Christmas Fund are entirely voluntary. No sort of cross or other decoration will be given the man who aids in this work. But the CRIMSON feels sure that many men will be glad to contribute, even without a badge, a bribe or a browbeating...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HELPING. | 12/18/1914 | See Source »

...Jopling, has a good swing and vigorous lines. Mr. Sanger's "The Vision of His Work" is an interesting example of the tendency to seek poetic subjects in the sights and sounds of a great city. Occasionally the choice of words might be happier, as in the line "The whistles of the harbor craft ring out." Infelicities are rare, however, and there are often very good lines, such...

Author: By R. W. Coues ., | Title: Review of Christmas Advocate | 12/19/1913 | See Source »

...former years warrants their continuance, especially as relay racing has become an outdoor sport owing to the lack of a suitable indoor running track. The more men provided for in the way of outdoor exercise during these winter months, the better; it will make us a healthier and happier community...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: WINTER OUTDOOR SPORTS. | 1/5/1909 | See Source »

...contrary, is Mr. Prince's. "In the Days of the Gods," which appears to be a vague and completely bowlderized reminiscence of an episode in the fifteenth book of the Iliad. One's screams, however, are not long prolonged. Of ten august and ancient inspirations, and no happier in itself, is Mr. Storer's "A Chemical Chimaera." It is a weakling hatched beneath the wing of Mr. H. G. Wells. Mr. Roelker's essay on "College Politics" is too rambling in style and thought to be as effective as it might. But his plea for more intelligent interest in politics...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Advocate Reviewed by Mr. Fuller | 11/20/1908 | See Source »

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