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...last occasion he was the official guest of the British government. During the last six months of the war he visited practically every aeroplane squadron on the battle front from Belgium to Switzerland-the only American thus honored. His acquaintance among the war aviators was exceptionally wide...
...student, too, has the privilege of seeing Harvard as it is. If he believes it worth while, it may be desirable for him to show himself just a bit better than average: because it is for the student's sake that Harvard discriminates. Harvard does not throw its gates wide open for anybody; neither does it put a lock upon them. It is here for men to seek. It admits openly the principle which governs it; but it is precisely that principle which has preserved Harvard as the alma mater of leaders among men. To be a Harvard man does...
...travel across the Atlantic for a race with Cornell. The Ithaca university, as well as the Intercollegiate Rowing Association has extended England an invitation, and could the winner of the English university regatta be persuaded to compete at Poughkeepsie, the Hudson River race would take on world-wide importance...
...even a small fraction of these abuses have actually been committed by the guardians of the Law, there can be no denial that justice, here in the United States, is far from being all that it should. The wide gap between the Government and the ordinary life of the people, which has long worried our political philosophers, has resulted in a system that is bureaucratic to what now appears may be a dangerous degree. Our boasted "government of laws" is in danger of becoming a "government of men", where personal conviction is allowed to replace well-tested principles...
...will be introduced by W. Z. Ripley, Professor of Political Economy and one of the country's foremost authorities on the labor situation, having had wide experience of both a practical and theoretical nature...