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What I was referring to was the attitude so clearly expressed in the first and last paragraphs of the editorial. I could not understand how any college man could "with decency" reprove a laborer for working only eight hours a day, or for throwing himself, or his time, or his vast income to the winds. I merely suggested that we had better look to it that our own house was in order before we looked askance at the of another. I could not see and do not yet see how we, any more than they, avail ourselves of this "means...
Which leads up to the well known economic question of supply and demand. Apparently, from the data compiled, the supply is abnormally low; and the demand will be proportionately great. At Princeton, we understand, the hat exchange building was a total loss owing to the rush of business. At Cambridge the exchange building was a total loss owing to the rush of business. At Cambridge the exchange is unable to give satisfaction to a great many anxious individuals. Whether they will spend their wrath on the present wearers of their hats is a question to be answered shortly...
...order that undergraduates, especially Freshmen, may understand the purposes of Phi Beta Kappa and the requirements for election to it, the following sketch of the history and ideals of the society is printed...
...numbers in the left-hand section run toward the aisle, while in the right-hand section they run away from the aisle. Furthermore, the rows are all uneven so that the numbers do not break even on the aisle seats. Finally--but one must have ushered to understand the difficulties...
...home the maid must know how to get along with a sometimes tired husband, a sometimes nervous wife, and some frequently obstreperous children. To be a good home-keeper it is not enough for the mistress to know how to market to the best advantage, she must understand enough of human nature to get along with an Irish maid one season, a Swedish maid a second season, and a Negro maid a third season. The preacher must know more than theology, he must know his congregation; the physician must know more than anatomy and physiology, he must know...