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...number. The editor-in-chief makes a plea for more of the classics in the curriculum, especially Hellenic culture, his thesis being that at present the language is studied at the expense of appreciation of essentials. Although he recognizes the value of linguistic study, insistence on it means a neglect of Greek culture in translation for most people.--A small voice in a wilderness, perhaps, but one that deserves attention. P. Bradley '16 has written a chatty article on "Harvard Men in Washington," an account of the lesser lights of the administration that might be more comprehensive. "Campaign Work...
...warmer weather at the beginning of the season cannot be used as a good excuse for this neglect of the smaller teams, as the shelter on our side of the field is used from the very first game. I have never heard any remarks on the subject from members of the visiting teams, but it seems impossible that they can sit in a baking sun or exposed to biting breezes without noticing that their hosts are so well protected...
...conclude, is there any real reason why we should not treat our guests from smaller colleges as well as we do those from the larger institutions? Let us hope that this neglect can be remedied and removed as an excuse for men unfamiliar with Harvard to call up the hackneyed and mythical "Harvard Indifference." FRANK C. WHITMORE...
...interests, but, through the Monroe Doctrine, for the interests of other nations among a people, disorganized and semi-barbarous, as the Mexicans, war may become inevitable. The Administration can afford a certain amount of ridicule from foreign state departments, if it can avoid war honorably; but it cannot neglect its obligations. If it is forced by these obligations to a war, however unwelcome, however wasteful from a Utopian viewpoint; and requires volunteers to carry on this war, the universities--peace advocates, disbelievers in the Administration and all--should answer the call. That fine phrase of old-school patriotism: "Right...
...starved as its chief character would express himself more fully upon the defeat of all his hopes. On the whole, however, the piece is skillful and affecting. Its theme is a timely one, and recalls the candid words in which Mrs. Andrew W. White last year condemned "the neglect of the great body of women to study or practice economy, or to teach it to their daughters." The follies and crimes of men having of late been amply exposed, it now appears to be the turn of their better halves. Mr. Brock,--like Mr. Eugene Walters in "Fine Feathers," recently...