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...word has another meaning--a spiritual as distinguished from a worldly significance. Almost all men, and all men of character, believe that there is an intrinsic reason for moral conduct, apart from its material value to the man himself; that self-sacrifice for a worthy object is neither an irrational folly, nor a mere survival of a primitive herd instinct, but the noblest act of the most highly developed creature on the earth. The memory of the young men who died in the war is too fresh in our minds to let us think for a moment that their heroic...
...clock all the four Crimson shells lined up for a race downstream, the Freshman and combination eights to go only two miles. The object of the race was to settle clearly the relation between the two University eights, and the decisiveness of the result was thus not unsatisfactory to the coaches. No changes are contemplated, however, until after thorough consultation and possibly further trials. In the opinion of the coaches both University crews could have done better at a higher stroke...
...allied debt is welcome as one more opportunity to bring the English and American student points-of-view together. Much more than the actual athletic results were accomplished by the Oxford-Cambridge track team's visit last summer. As a "getting-together" of English-speaking men for a common object, the track meet went far to provide a mutual understanding and respect...
...month of June, when nature is at her best, brings this year many attractions astronomically. Four of the five conspicuous planets occupy prominent places in the evening sky. Venus in the west shortly after sunset is by far the most brilliant object. It is during the last year that the word comes from the Mount Wilson Observatory in California that definite evidence has been obtained of the absence of oxygen and water vapor bands in the spectrum of Venus, thus indicating an apparent lack on that planet of what we regard as life essentials...
...south at sundown is Jupiter, the brightest object in its neighborhood. A short distance to the west of Jupiter is Saturn. These two planets may be distinguished from the bright star Spica, which lies below Jupiter and Saturn and a little to the eastward, by the steadiness of the light emitted,--a characteristic feature of planets as compared with the more distant stars. Jupiter and Saturn are the two largest planets of the solar system, and are well situated for observation with telescopes of moderate size...