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...scarcely because more people have money to spend. Nor is there evidence of an accession of interest in the regard for that classical and humane culture which used to be synonymous with college education, for there has been of late a particularly widespread and vigorous drive against that sort of culture as "not practical" and therefore useless...
...attain her perfect mastery of correct English if her only companion had been a drunken beachcomber of a father, and where did she get the print dress that one discovers her to be wearing, after naturally supposing for the first page or two that she wore the sort of costume commonly attributed to the inhabitants of lonely tropical islands? Mr. Chambers does not explain, and his story accordingly leaves the reader skeptical. Mr. Train writes with less distinction, but his tale has an ingenious plot and a pleasant down-East atmosphere...
...exact sort of attack which the Holy Cross strategists have planned is unknown. However, it is fairly certain that the forward pass will figure in it to a great extent. It is obvious that the Purple backfield cannot hope to gain much ground by pounding at the center of the heavy University line. Such an attack would quickly wear itself out, for the Holy Cross backs are not heavy enough to stand too much punishment. Hence end runs, passing, and punting are bound to assume major roles in the Purple style of play...
...planned to hold a similar four-weeks Institute next year at the same place and with the same sort of program and it is hoped that these meetings may become annual events. It should be understood that the Institute does not exist to spread propaganda but to provide an opportunity for the fullest and frankest of discussion...
...been said of such a book that no gentleman would write it. That may or may not be so, but no mention has been made of a gentlemen reading it. In fact, a work of this sort, if not taken co-seriously, may even have a purpose. The gentle--or ungentle--critic can be very useful at times, and the theory of anonymous revelation might very will spread farther than the capitals of nations. Indeed, some such thing would not be far amiss, in our own Yard. "Mirrors of U-4", for example, written, by some unknown undergraduate hopelessly enmeshed...