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...story, much of which would make good material for Eugene O'Neill at his bitterest, tells of the moral disintegration of Anthony Patch, and his wife Gloria. Anthony is our old friend Amory Blaine, now made for the sake of variety a Harvard man. Whether or not it is because of a change of Alma Mater, he is a little more consistently worthless than his Princeton prototype but otherwise he is the same. A good part of the novel is devoted to analyzing his character but for all this it seems to us that if Mr. Fitzgerald had described...
...when it gives way to the feeling that it is worse than a disgrace to behave in a manner which could possibly be construed as unsportsmanlike or ungentlemanly, the troubles which so cloud the horizon now will disappear of themselves and the era of sport for sport's sake and not for trophy will...
...golf clubs for money; that sin makes one a professional golfer. The amateur rules may sound ridiculously strict, but they are not unfair, for the fact is that if there is to be any erring at all it must be on the side of strictness. Sport for sport's sake really does mean something! And this is particularly true of college athletics...
...education for which he is thirsting, at the same time avoiding amateur sport with which he has little in common. If he is an amateur he will follow the second plan--hundreds are doing just that--avoiding professional athletics with which he is not in sympathy for the sake of learning and the gain derived from clean sports...
...lists against the great moneyed industries, when it comes to paying salaries; and with every resignation of a government official to enter a private corporation, the distinction of the office, as such, is lessened. The position of Senator or Secretary of State is consequently less desired for its own sake, now, than it was fifty years ago. It is hardly fair to appeal to a man's public spirit or altruism, when not only the financial return, but the honor as well, are relatively so small. Yet that at present is the only appeal possible...