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Much, if not all of this inconvenience could be eliminated entirely if a plan were adopted similar to that in operation at Austin Hall, in the Law School. Here a special room is reserved as a smoking room where men can do just this sort of thing,--get together and talk between hours. In the Law School Library, (the same building), silence is required and maintained, largely because those who wish to talk have only to take a few steps to find a room in which to do it, disturbing nobody...
Silver Bay, situated on Lake George in the northern part of New York State, is well fitted for a conference of this sort. It is in the heart of the mountain and lake district of the Adirondacks, amidst scenery that is among the finest in the Eastern United States. It includes 1600 acres of land, with over 70 buildings especially constructed for conference purposes, including an auditorium accommodating 1000 people and a dining hall that will seat 450. In addition there are ten smaller buildings with a capacity of from 50 to 200 persons apiece, that will be used...
...unrest and uncertainty which, since the war, have so completely bewildered and befogged "the younger generation", Mr. Fitzgerald has a profound understanding of this phase of our day and is well qualified to write about it but after a time his refinements become almost identical with a rather morbid sort of introspection and the character he is drawing, like Werther or William Lovell, loses the right to be considered as a creation of literature and becomes merely an instrument by which he can elaborate subjectively on his emotional and intellectual experiences...
...ended with the exit of Woodrow Wilson. I doubt the existence of any 'widespread misinterpretation of the meaning and mandate of the great Harding vote'. Every sign points to be existence of a general desire on the part of the American people for a League of Nations of some sort or another. Mr. Wilson has laid out a simple, direct and practical path towards the realization of permanent peace, and all we have to do is to accept it. It remains to be seen whether common sense will finally overcome pride...
Education in any form cannot fail to interest the collegian, whether it be innovations in college curricula or efforts to educate nations. Of this latter sort a most interesting attempt is about to be made...