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...sayings which their friends all recall so well, full of meaning, full of kindliness and humor, never sarcastic, but always keen. Occasionally, too, they were full of fiery wrath. This James humor has often been referred to as of Irish origin. If so, it certainly throve well on American soil. It pointed also to the wide vision of real culture and to experience with men and books, thus showing itself to be cosmopolitan or universal, rather than racial. Certainly old and young, rich and poor, foreigner and native, appreciated its great charm and penetration. Sometimes a mere trifle would call...
...power of Germany is such as to guarantee universal peace to Europe. In contrasting the present centralized power with the former disorganization, the speaker pointed out that, whereas in the Middle Ages other nations used Germany as a common battlefield, there has been no great war fought on German soil since the time of Napoleon. In conclusion, Professor Meyer emphasized the fact that other nations have nothing to fear from Germany, that on the contrary, the House of Hohenzollern wants to prevent wars and to be let alone...
...fundamental question with which the country has to deal is that of the food supply of the people; how an increase in the productivity of the individual acre can be brought about; how we can carry our own people on our own soil. This problem is the basis of all others. There is great opportunity here for young men, but it must be remembered that money rewards from this kind of government service are not large. A man must take his satisfaction in serving his whole country, in the permanency of his position, in congenial surroundings, and in the complete...
...there was little left for the hearers to do except to wonder, to enjoy, and to grow. Students accordingly flocked around in such numbers and eagerness as we read attended the lectures of Abelard. To be properly nourished, each age needs something that is not grown on its own soil. Besides the nutrition that is "timely," a little of that on which our forefathers fed keeps up the continuity of the stock. The methods of Mr. Norton were superbly out of date in our specialistic time. He saw in the Fine Arts the embodiment of man's deepest and most...
...Tewkesbury '87, who has been in China over 14 years, and is now a teacher in North China College, showed some very interesting views of the Chinese country, explaining the cause of the present famine. The population in the oppressed district is densely crowded, and wholly dependant upon the soil for its sustenance. As the spring harvest of rice has failed, the people are thrown as a dead weight upon the country, to be supported by others, or left...