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Another Great task, however, remains before man may claim complete supremacy, and yesterday's announcement by the United States Navy suggests that that too will, soon be accomplished. Secretary Daniels has told of the plans for a flight across the Pacific, to be made by a government sea-plane in the near future. If that also, is successful, we may consider that the air; like the land and water, has been made an instrument of man, and may soon expect...
...Lampoon is pointed out as a shining example of sustained humor. With heartfelt gratitude for its Transcript number, it may yet be said that all do not agree. There is, too, a certain difference in the task of editing a daily compared with that of publishing a fortnightly or monthly. And it may be noted that a bad joke is only a slight incident in one's mental life, but what one considers a bad editorial leaves a deep irritation. One good joke wipes out the memory of a thousand bad ones...
...plan which the Faculty has announced very wisely endeavors to obtain the desired result by a minimum of compulsion and a maximum of willing co-operation. The use of sports as a medium of exercise lends much attractiveness to what otherwise might prove an irksome task. The three hours of physical training required each week will not be a mere burden to Freshmen, but will amply repay them both mentally and physically. This fact the Freshmen should recognize, to the exclusion of the idea that it is "compulsory." In short, when finally approved by the Board of Governors, the introduction...
...victorious conclusion, inevitable sorrow, for the friends and long list of fellow students who died that we might once more live in peace. But beyond any feeling of happiness or sadness we may have, there must be paramount in our minds, a deeper sense of the high task which these men who died have bequeathed to us as living citizens of a world no longer at war. For it is our duty to live for the same cause for which they died, and to take courage in the belief which they have made immortal, that...
...task of raising the rest of the fund for the School of Education remains to be accomplished. For the general work of the University and the salaries of its teachers, a campaign for a large Endowment Fund has already been started...