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...quite evident. Not all men drink, indeed--perhaps not nearly so many drink as drank before--but much drinking, if spasmodic, is deeper and more reckless than ever. Strong drink is carried about by men and even boys, and is shared by them, and taken to excess, with a sort of illicit eagerness, by many who in the days of freedom passed it by. It may even be said that some are drinking to a hurtful extent for no better reason than to "prove that they can get it." Drinking is common at dancing parties where in pre-amendment days...
This sounds like a trivial point of view. As a matter of fact it is nothing of the sort. A thorough knowledge of literature, for instance, will give one a smattering of philosophy and history, and at least a sense of the importance of physics or chemistry--all that is necessary. In these days of specialization the educated man is no longer a Leonardo de Vinci who is an expert in half a dozen professions; in fact he may be notably ignorant of everything except his own line, and still be educated...
...real interest of such documents is of course for the scholar who can untangle and sort out the facts into a history of what did happen. The War Library is distinctly unusual feature of the University but it establishment was a natural addition to Widener. One of the reason why Harvard's library ranks at the top is that it concerned not only with musty documents of bygone times. Its policy of being concerned with the present as well as the past will undoubtedly make it responsible for some interesting additions to the literature of the near future...
...applicant would secure a statement from his headmaster at school and be subject to an interview from the alumni board--all for the purpose of determining his personality. But just what this is or should be, just what type of person Princeton wants, must remain an uncertain thing. One sort might appeal to one board and not at all to another; or if a standard were hit upon, would not the applicants who passed be very much of the same type? How would the examiners determine exactly for what they were seeking? And we wonder whether it would be assumed...
...service group, which is to be conducted in New York this year. The proposal is to bring there for a period of seven weeks a group of fifty picked students, who will during this time undertake various forms of social service work in preparation for permanent work of this sort after graduation. The object is to give these men experience through first-hand experience in sections of New York where conditions are frequently at there worst. Every man before coming should have attended a student summer conference...