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...question of Franco-German relations is the greatest problem in Europe at the present day. On its successful solution depends much of the future. But even the League with at best only a loose power of moral suasion, would seem to be a greater hope for a lasting peace than a separate state, sure to invite the envy of one if not both of its great neighbors. Perhaps after all the two countries will be forced to the solution which at the moment seems the most unlikely-an economic union based on coal in the Ruhr and iron in Lorraine...
...either the undergraduate loses interest because of developments within himself, or the atmosphere at Harvard is unpropitious to philanthropy,-of Brooks House itself, through some vital lack, fails to hold his interest longer. It is important for the future of the society and of the college to recognize the problem and if possible its cause...
...question of whether the clock was turned back an hour on Saturday night or on Sunday morning might well furnish the theme for a hot debate. It is much the same problem as that in the old Greek dilemna of the lawyer and his prentice. But waiving this point, it is probable that nobody felt the effect of the turning except in a fresher sensation when he waked. Another unnoticed effect there was also. The quitting of Daylight Saving Time has put a period to the summer. No longer can one pretend merrily that 12 o'clock...
Hitherto most plans have been based on some direct limitation on entrance and have proved either ineffectual or inexpedient. But one suggestion approaches the problem from a different point of view. Most critics have started with the ideal of a college of exceptionally high standards secured by means of limited enrollment. A far more logical way would seem to lie in reversing this attitude and in developing, as far as possible, a college which, like Oxford and Cambridge, will appeal only to select and limited numbers...
...standard of college work rather than the standard of entrance examinations. In a word it would have to be clear that a man who was seeking specific or professional education would not find it at Harvard College. And if this were once understood, it is likely that the entrance problem would be less serious...