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...century civilization? Or will my colleague interpose that we have such a phrase for mere aesthetic embellishment? And again, if by Americans he means the real indigenous Americans, the Indians, who wielded the tomahawk with a flendish delight, prancing about their scalpless victims about to be roasted at the stake, then we concur in chorus that "the greater their anguish the greater their pleasure"; but that age has passed. If men progress mentally, culturally, and spiritually, then I am convinced we have left far behind the stage when human pleasure increases directly with the increase of the anguish...
...most powerful offense in the first quarter when it marched down the field from the Princeton 10-yard mark to a touchdown. The University scored in the last period by a pass over the goal line from W. B. Felton Occ. to Casey. With defeat or a tie at stake Church kicked the goal from a difficult angle. Casey played a wonderful game by his long dashes and his dodging runs, netting in all 182 yards...
...realize how much depends upon the results of the Endowment Drive. That which is at stake, the standard of education, the necessity of great minds to train undeveloped ones, the interests of the ones who give their careers for our enlightenment, is of deep significance. Upon the graduate rests the fate of that great wish of the University, so well expressed by Mr. Perkins at the recent meeting of the Harvard Clubs: "to go on and do the work for the world which up to this time she has done so well, and do it in larger measure than...
...Lodge and President Lowell has proved even greater than was anticipated; previous discussions, with few exceptions did not appeal to the man in the street as practical; but everyone who heard or read the speeches delivered in Symphony Hall was able to grasp without difficulty the fundamental issues at stake. Although the attitudes of the speakers were not diametrically opposed there was considerable difference in the views expressed. We agree strongly with the position taken by President Lowell, and, as far as can be ascertained, the same opinion is held by the majority of the University...
...Allies of today, fresh from fighting side by side amidst the most cordial relations, fall out over an affair of so comparatively little magnitude. If the Great Powers become disaffected now for such a reason, what will happen in fifty years, when vital economic interests may be at stake...