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...these cases, all the blue-book phrases-and pen-point terms of the undergraduate are rendered useless; in fact, he might have slept through all his brain fresh. Neo-platonism, Transcendentalism, and all the other pat lecture-room labels go by the board--to drag them into a psychological test would only prove that he had not "the brains he was born with". Nor is the graduate better served. Experience, practice in practical affairs, greater maturity get him no more than a gentlemanly "satisfactory" when he competes with his children or grandchildren...
...golden calf which America worships" cannot be shattered by "quiet staid respectability." Nor can an intellectual aristocracy which hugs the fireside, and sips tea--or coffee, and fiddles with ideas "guide an amorphous democracy", intellectually or otherwise.' This is no time to indulge in neo-classic vagaries. Now, as never before, the world has need of its youth. There are vital problems to be solved, courageous beliefs to be voiced and translated into action...
...leaders of modern scholasticism, Professor De Wulf said, concerning the revival of that medieval philosophy, "The revival already exists, all over the world. There is no single country where there is no revival of scholasticism. I believe neo-scholastic philosophy has solutions for many problems, and that it is especially worth being considered today. We don't claim to come back to the Middle Ages. We want to harmonize the doctrines of Plato, Aristotle, and St. Augustine with modern science. When a doctrine is not satisfactory, we drop...
Dadmun's team is scattered, while the Informals hold the center of a neo-athletic stage. No longer do the colleges reign supreme in the football world, for the Service terms must be reckoned with. To see civilian meet solider is a noble sight, but still we yearn for our old foes. Let us hope that next year we may again see a University team marching down the field to Harvardiana and the cheers of Harvard's five thousand sons. Until that happens we wish the Informals the best of luck, hoping that next year they may be University material...
...Lecture (in French). "Neo-Darwinism," by Professor Caullery. Nash Lecture Room of University Museum...