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...that in the second place candidates for enrollment would be considered primarily on the basis of scholarship, but that character and personality would also be taken into account, as usual, and in the third place that the present action is not related to the much discussed question of the "ideal size" for a college...
Already Egypt is influencing fashions and thought today as the classic ideal permeated western civilization in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The Egyptian exhibits have become the center of interest for those who have suddenly begun to throng the museums. The latest styles of dress, as the unfailing barometer of interest, are modeled upon Egyptian patterns. Scandal and murder have been driven from the front pages of the newspapers by the spell of Egyptology. Its influence on literature of a more lasting sort depends on the papyri yet hidden in the tomb; more details about the captivity of Israel...
These are not offered for the purpose of "spreading propaganda", nor of rccruiting men for the various professions, but of giving information. In their ideal form they would be conferences between groups of students and the heads of different corporations and institutions. For the present they are merely lectures, supplemented as largely as possible by personal discussion...
...when "morning prayers" were first made voluntary. And furthermore, the chapel loses nothing by the absence of those who fail to make its acquaintance. It exists for those who choose to enjoy such a "luxury", and as long as it serves them freely it remains faithful to its ideal. Ignorant neglect by the others is simply poor policy on their part. The spirit of inquiry, that tries all things before praising or condemning. Is the only spirit that ever finds full satisfaction...
There is but one thing better than destroying an ideal, and that is making one. The assassination of the "Custer" legend is one of the best. In spite of the inconsistencies of the argument, we who dislike the sentimental and saccrime pretensions of patriotism, become overjoyed at this ruthless iconoclasm of tradition's pet. Yet had it better not have lived? Was it not a tale to fire small boys' imagination? Ideals are so easily dispelled. Whenever some hardy spirit tries to plant one in CRIMSON'S fertile rows, a savage hand plucks the puny thing from the ground...