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...feature of the American Constitutional system has received more praise than the principle of checks and balances. The Senate's rejection of Mr. Warren's nomination is an almost ideal example of the operation of this principle in practice...
Faith:"They say that Brittany fisher folk have a legend that, off their coast, deep buried in the sea, is the ideal city of Atlantis; and from it, on the quiet nights, when the winds are still, if a man's heart is right, he can hear the pealing of the bells. Such is the soul of man with sacred things deep sunken, which life's stormy noise makes us forget; and here, oftentimes on a Sunday morning, we have been quieted in worship until we heard the pealing of the bells...
...without winning laurels. But there are still others and they are too often taken by unthinking students as representative of the entire upper groups on the Rank List who have never entered the larger life of the University at all. They may be said to pursue a "Rank List" ideal, for they do nothing but study...
...conviction is now widespread that their's was a terribly warped and limited existence, and not a pattern to be copied. It would be a mistake to attribute too much sour-grape sentiment to the average undergraduate who refuses to do obeisance to a pure "Rank List" ideal. The ideal college man is an earnest student--but he is more than that. He would be a man--full and complete man--but the "Rank List" ideal too often produces only partial men, great heads on puny bodies, mere walking and talking dictionaries of facts with the sources of imagination...
...have found time and opportunity to develop their bodies and their social natures, and at the same time, to achieve distinction in their studies, deserve the highest honors the University can bestow upon them. Undergraduates already recognize them as leaders. The other group--the worshippers of a "Rank List" ideal need help of some kind from the College to put them on the path toward complete development. This is just as truly a duty as that of keeping tab on a student's academic standing, for after all, a college has only one function, that of training...