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... never know who's around you . ” As he spoke , Schley sent an uneasy glance back toward Stover , and , dropping his voice , continued : " You don't talk about such things . " " Well , I'm not shouting it out , " said McNab , who looked ...
... never know who's around you . ” As he spoke , Schley sent an uneasy glance back toward Stover , and , dropping his voice , continued : " You don't talk about such things . " " Well , I'm not shouting it out , " said McNab , who looked ...
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... Never heard of the sophomore societies , " said Mc- Nab , in a maliciously higher tone . " Elucidate some- what . " 66 There are three : Hé Boulé , Eta Phi , and Kappa Psi , " said Schley , with another uneasy , squirming glance back at ...
... Never heard of the sophomore societies , " said Mc- Nab , in a maliciously higher tone . " Elucidate some- what . " 66 There are three : Hé Boulé , Eta Phi , and Kappa Psi , " said Schley , with another uneasy , squirming glance back at ...
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... Never , by the Great Horned Spoon - never ! " 66 99 And you'll get a tutor , Dopey , and stay with us . ' 66 Never ! I came to love and to be loved . I'm a lovely thing ; that's sufficient , " said McNab , with a grimace to his elfish ...
... Never , by the Great Horned Spoon - never ! " 66 99 And you'll get a tutor , Dopey , and stay with us . ' 66 Never ! I came to love and to be loved . I'm a lovely thing ; that's sufficient , " said McNab , with a grimace to his elfish ...
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... never do any better than a sub , but that's what counts . We're up against an awfully stiff proposi- tion this year . The team's got to be built out of nothing . There's Dana , the captain , now , over at the table in the corner ...
... never do any better than a sub , but that's what counts . We're up against an awfully stiff proposi- tion this year . The team's got to be built out of nothing . There's Dana , the captain , now , over at the table in the corner ...
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... over at Stover . " Why , Dink , I never expected you to stand for the right and wrong crowd idea . " " I don't mean it the way you do , " said Stover lamely - for he was trying to argue with himself . STOVER AT YALE 33.
... over at Stover . " Why , Dink , I never expected you to stand for the right and wrong crowd idea . " " I don't mean it the way you do , " said Stover lamely - for he was trying to argue with himself . STOVER AT YALE 33.
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Page 330 - You don't know the big men in music; you don't know the pioneers and the leaders in any art; you don't know the great literatures of the world, and what they represent; you don't know how other races are working out their social destinies; you've never even stopped to examine yourselves, to analyze your own society, to see the difference between a civilization founded on the unit of the individual, and a civilization, like the Latin, on the indestructible advance of the family. You have no general...
Page 335 - It was not that he condemned this parent system ; he believed in it as an honest attempt to reward the best in the college life, a sort of academic legion of honor, formed not on social cleavage, but given as a reward of merit.
Page 330 - I repeat that our colleges are splendidly organized institutions for the prevention of learning? No, sir, we are business colleges, and the business of our machines is to stamp out so many business men a year, running at full speed and in competition with the latest devices in Cambridge and Princeton ! " " Brocky, you are terrific,
Page 265 - ... what American manhood means in the towns of Georgia and Texas, in the little manufacturing cities of New England, in the great West, and in the small homes of the big cities. We ought to really know one another, meet, discuss, respect each other's point of view, independence — odd ways if you wish.
Page 246 - Work for Yale, go out and slave, give up my leisure and my independence — to do what for Yale ? To keep turning the wheels of some purely inconsequential machine, or strive like a gladiator. Is that doing anything for Yale, a seat of learning?
Page 6 - I'll win," he said to himself, and his crossed arms tightened with a quick, savage contraction, as if the idea were something that could be pursued, tackled, and thrown headlong to the ground. "There's a couple of fellows from Lawrenceville coming up," said a voice from a seat behind him.