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...collected at the Harvard-Princeton game was $3,200. At the Yale-Princeton game, which was witnessed by 55,000 people, only $5,276.80 was contributed, an average of less than ten cents per individual. If every spectator today contributes a dollar, the resulting total will present an irrefutable proof that American sympathy and willingness to help have not died...
...suggestion that the proof of every number be read by somebody who can spell. I write this in fear, knowing what the CRIMSON...
...fact is that a four years study of military history and modern warfare as a background, with concentration in some particular field such as transportation, explosives, or finance, would turn out a group of military specialists. These men would prove invaluable to the country in time of war. The proof of this is England's condition today. One of her chief difficulties is a lack of technical experts to direct her fast increasing forces. With such a terrible example before our eyes, we indeed are foolish not to insure ourselves against a similar disaster by immediate action towards preparedness...
...close of the third act, but, evident deference to the box office, which is still apt to insist that a play should end happily, resulted in a fourth act of stereotyped reconciliation and happy conclusion. That the play was not ruined by the anti-climax in this act, is proof prositive that it is a drama of exceptional power. For, in spite of its improbable ending, it is a strong play...
...order. The test they have passed is only preliminary. The work of scholarship in a university is of a different, more exacting, and at the same time more interesting sort than that of a preparatory school. And ability to cram for entrance examinations and pass them is no proof of the vision and depth which is needed for scholarship of the higher sort. These men have given some indication that they possess the power of application. That application plus penetration and an unquenchable intellectual curiosity and honesty will be needed to bring scholarly honors in College. It is dangerous...