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...perpetuated some excellent musical compositions--all things being considered--and some words to those compositions, of which the authors will be heartily ashamed in about three years. The line, "full of the pep, that has made Harvard's rep" in the song is beyond words--and we hold no particular brief for the words of the Hymn--"for God, for Harvard, and for "greatest anticlimax ever written", perpetrated a number of years ago by a devout Eli. We reiterate, however, that the music is good--but then we don't know anything about music
...true key to his personality", says Mr. Gay; which is not far from the truth when we consider the really useful men we know. General information!--"vestiges of an unconscionable amount of reading, observation and experience" picked up here and there in the course of following our particular whims...
...outsider looking in, but as the warm friend who can put himself in the place of others, feal their emotions, and see the queer twists of view that make up their individual outlook on life. His recent address to the students of St. Andrews Universtiy is loaded with his particular brand of whimay; it is loaded also with the most cheerful advice, and words of encouragement that students will be tempted to heed. Such a remark as this is something that only a youthful-minded man could make: "My own theme is Courage, as you should...
...liberal an attitude contrasts interestingly with the view of a certain western university president, who said recently: "Formal education is a system of training devised by aduits in order that the rising generation may be prepared to carry on the program regarded as important by the adults of that particular stage of civilization." A little thought will quickly reveal how keenly this analyzes the general ideal of education today. It has been left for Barrie, one of the "adults," to point out the dangers of such a conception, and to clear the way for change. Youth must not fear...
...balloon in a shed outside the building by means of a compressor with water-lubricated cylinders into a tank. It should be said that this is a standard process constantly carried on in commercial plants. How the oil which caused the explosion got into the tank in this particular case is the problem which we are making every effort to solve in cooperation with the State authorities...