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Even admitting that American conversation consists chiefly of trivialities, it does not necessarily prove, as this writer appears to think it does, the triviality of our national character. He assigns a large share of the blame to the elective system of American colleges which have produced such a scattering of interests that a common ground for conversation no longer remains...
That the old New England stock is not perpetuating itself is no new fact. That the graduates of women's colleges do not bear their proportionate share in race production is no new fact. Yet it is new to learn that Harvard and Yale graduates the typical product of the best colleges of the United States, are producing only a little over half of the children necessary to perpetuate their type, and that this figure has been constantly on the decrease. J. C. Phillips '99, in the Graduates' Magazine, gives the data which prove these facts. His research covers...
...making it is evident from those that have been announced and from reports abroad that intersectional games will be featured to a great extent among next autumn's gridiron contests. In the intersectional games played during the past season the Eastern college elevens have more than won their share of victories. During October and November Eastern teams participated in 18 intersectional games against Southern or Middle Western elevens, winning 15, tying 2 and losing one. In the six games played against Middle Western teams five were won and one was lost, in which Michigan defeated Syracuse...
...does not urge them on, nor do thoughts of promotion aid them in doing their bit; yet, they have to suffer as do other participants in the war. For humane and economic reasons, these animals, commandeered from hunting stables, from the farm, and from the street, should receive a share of the attention given to sick and wounded men. Those who subscribe but a small amount to the Blue Cross Fund will do much to accomplish this object...
...Michigan, Richard, whose father was Professor Arthur Graham Bell, of the University of Michigan, and who was himself a student at Dartmouth, had gone to France to take his part in this service because, as he quaintly and also nobly put it, he "wanted the reassurance of doing his share." It was the 11th of November, and the boy was already thinking about Christmas, although he said that he really did not dare to think about it or speak of it. But anyhow, as he wrote, he wanted the folks at home to light the big fire and think about...