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...phrase "patriotic pack" applied derisively and indiscriminately to you and me leaves a most disagreeably sour taste. In its current issue, the "New York Nation" comments editorially on the case of Professor James McKeen Cattell of Columbia University, who was dismissed in 1917 "without proper charges or heating, accused of 'sedition, treason, and opposition to the enforcement of the law of the United States'" Subsequently, he sued the trustees for libel and demanded the pension to which he was nominally untitled. An award of 245,000 was recently made him. It is a question, avers the "Nation", whether...
...have been having difficulty in finding feed for our pack-mules recently, because the tropical vegetation was too rich for their constitutions, and dried grass was not available. Therefore one of the natives ingeniously suggested that the bunches of leaves be used for feed. He proceeded to pick up a bunch and give it to a mule hitched nearby. The animal sniffed at it, bit off one leaf and drew it into his mouth, then ejected it in evident distaste...
When the first signs of autumn come and the little steamer coming down from the North steams into the harbor at St. Anthony, volunteer nurses, nurses-aids, medical students, secretaries and students hastily pack their bags, and go down the hill to the boat. With all on board, the little boat soon steams out of the harbor. Every one, declaring it the best summer they have ever spent, waves farewell to those who remain for the winter, at the same time saying, "We'll be back again next summer...
...Cornell, Yale, Princeton, Harvard, Syracuse, Pennsylvania and M. I. T. The first five men from each college to cross the line will make up the scores, the college with the lowest score to win the trophy offered annually. Each of the first seven men to finish from the entire pack will receive his letter from his respective college...
...represented the United States in the recent Olympic games, Captain John Simmons and L. G. Watson. Either of these men is picked to finish first, though such veterans as McDermott and Lentz of Cornell, and Higgins of Columbia will probably finish well up toward the head of the pack. The present condition and form of these runners indicates plenty of worry for the University harriers in the coming dual contests and the intercollegiate competition...