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...inspiration, is, though disputed, probably true. And money for books and laboratories and a matrix of student life is not lacking. Where, then, is the trouble (or the source of greatness, in so far as we may be satisfied with the result)? In the philosophy of life presented, I maintain that the basing of ideals, in history, economics, science, literature and personal attitude upon individual spirituality, is doubly vicious; because, at its utmost flowering, it manifests itself in mere personal amenities...
...maintain an adequate supply, the collection of hundreds of thousands of books will be necessary. The American Library Association is buying by the hundreds of thousands text-books and other serious books, for which there is enormous demand, but it is looking to the public to supply by gift the millions of volumes of lighter literature--fiction, poetry, travel, etc.--which our men must have...
...school year 1917-18 opens with 292 students, a little more than one-third of normal registration. Perhaps we may be proud of this registration, reflecting that after offering to the service of the country substantially every able-bodied man in the School, maintaining entrance requirements intact and rejecting for deficiency in scholarship the normal percentage of those examined last year, the School is still going forward with a select student body amply sufficient to maintain its best traditions...
...today is how they can best serve their country. College students exist because some men are unqualified for war service and because many more believe that a higher utility lies in an academic preparation for the future. We can gainsay the position of neither, but we can maintain that past experience has shown an indifferent attitude of not a few toward the obligations of the time...
...June 18 to June 28 inclusive, and students of all New England colleges and many secondary schools may attend. It was at first doubtful whether, on account of the war, the conference would be held at all this year, but it has now been definitely decided to maintain the custom of over 20 years' standing, and hold the convention as usual...