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...epitaph would do for all. This is one great law of man. A second is that the human race, left alone, tends downward. An old proverb says, "The majority are evil." Indeed it is a sad spectacle - the world tending to degradation. The history of the world is a record of degradations and deliverances. The world has fallen and there have come great heroes, agents of the Creator, to raise it again. The hope of the world has been in the rarer souls, whether in literature, art, science, philosophy, or religion; men who, by the force of their own convictions...
...professions fell away from the church, literature from the professions, and journalism from literature." So to a certain extent art has followed this analogy. What we want in art is freshness, the old style allegorical and historical painting has had its day. Our historical painting should be a record of our labors, our pleasures and our principal personages. The men who have made the greatest fame in art are those who have portrayed the times in which they lived. Art is not only concerned with the dramatic moments of our lives, its province is as much to portray lovely color...
...Baker, '86, will endeaver to break the half-mile inter-collegiate record at the handicap meeting on Saturday...
...mile bicycle record is now 6m. 17s., made by Kohler, University of Pennsylvania, on Saturday last. Mr. Dean will endeavor to recover his record next Saturday...
...yards dash. W. Baker, '86, (scratch) winner, 1m. 24s.; A. T. Dudley, '87, (40 yards) second; F. B. Dana, '88, (40 yards) third. This was a beautiful race. Baker caught his men at the quarter mile, and came within two seconds of breaking the record...