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...knows nothing about art and buys for the name alone. Under modern methods of publicity, "finds" can be staged which will outdo Mark Twain's story of the success of Francois Millet. Even the sacro-sanct,--the critics,--are far from infallible. The world has not yet forgotten the suit over Gainsborough's "Sisters", which dragged on for weeks with critics of the first rank arguing on both sides before determining whether the picture was genuine, and worth thousands, or false and worth nothing. The much mooted question as to the ethics of fabulous prices in art, the value...
...which the Glee Club has been striving. A period of good music has shown the public that college men do not have to sing rah-rah songs to be college men. The Glee Club has so raised the standards of collegiate singing that the other colleges are following suit. Whether this is because the latter have come to realize that the day of the college song is passing or whether they believe that the only chance of defeating the University lies in meeting it on its own ground is not easy to say. Possibly the fact that the three judges...
...same "long haul" roads receive all the advantage in the carrying of empties. The New England lines must bring most cars back to one or two junctions to return them westward whether empty or full. But the western roads may send them by any one of several routes to suit the demands of the shippers...
...word about rules. I sometimes get an absurd letter from some man, who fails to grasp what seems a simple point, and apparently thinks that rules are set up to suit the whim of the Librarian, and therefore it is a fair game to circumvent them; that fines or other charges are designed to enrich the institution or its employees, and therefore that one is at liberty to keep any book as long as he likes if only he pays the fines that accrue. What foolishness! Fines and charges are for the purpose of getting books back at the proper...
...with the undergraduate that the chief blame lies. By conceding only a routine interest to his courses he is playing his part in the vicious circle. When for the average student, concentration is largely confined to his hours at cards or in a dress-suit, it can hardly be said that the colleges are entirely to blame. The truth is that a considerable percentage of the undergraduates are not deeply concerned with the things of the mind art, literature and science...