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THE )I£TJ·:or.
ill..! at an atldcric c•mtc.,;t nr '·going our" f.,J. n team: n:IJIII :ll
red-hloodcdncss impcls the former, and the chance t'.1r ,.wlf
!llnl·itication, tl1e trip;;: and n letter, the latter. ::\l:n1y h''-'""
whn ha,·c ne,·er clmntcd football togs or a haschall ~11i1 !1:11 I '
lll<•re tn1c school spirit thau sowc who ha,·c. GenninP 1'-'/'ril
de corps extends from the athletic field to the schoo>l ro>ttlll.
fr,•m the rootiw• mass to the boY "·ho gladh· ,.i,·es l>lher~ tIll' '=' • "- ._~
hcncfits of his lmo'lledgc in the preparation of their lcs,.;Ptl": it tends to create a spirit of good fclln\\'ship aud fricndlinl'""· of pride and itllel'('St in one's affairs aucl obligation to\\':11'•1 one's duties, academic and othcrwisc. How \\'C haYc 111i::;;(•ol the mark! The interest manifested toward an~· stndy i:: nep.·ligible, and toward a11y branch of student org:111iza1io111 infi n itcl,Y less. .t'>..las! no sense of responsihili ty is felt l1y Jill' majority towanl any of the organizations; far \\·or::c. ,..,u1c dtJ not even recognize their duties. The folll>wing in,-r:tlH't' may he an exaggeration. but it really oe:cul'l'cd :
T,,.o boys were talkin,g about Tnro )fETEOP.. \\'(' ;;:ty. mlldestl.;·, that the.'· thoup.ht it was pretty p.ood, excepti11.:.! tIH' Jircrar~· dcpal'tmcnt, fmd the~~ blamed the staff hec:111sP tiJ:tl
· ,,.:1~ · ' 1 · o t t e u " ! : J [ n i n r a i n i n p : t h a t " · c , o f C • m r , : . e . n w . ! l l l I • • snpply the litl'!'nry clrpartmeut too! n-llfortun:ltc·ly \\'(' luH·e to any;ray, or there woulou·r be an:·.) They !.11"". hctter now, hnt it didn't make auy difl'erence-JJeitlwr of t l t P m m · e n a t t c 1 n p t e c l a s e n t e l l ( · c . S u c h i s a n cx<~111pl1•. n ,n't blame thclll. Xcither hai'C sixty-fi\'C others. \\'(' nil lnck the real spirit of rhe meaning of CS})I'il de COI'JIS. lm1 1n· ha,·e obscn·ed that the l.)(I,YS 'd1o arc fri,·olous c·mwc·rJJing- thcir le:::sons arc tl1e ones m ost lacking. Think n f ;;nllH' examples-is it not true~ They arc the ones lll0St oh11nxi"11~ tn the welfare of our orp.anizatinns, the o11cs that gr11t11hk most and find more fault :md generally make it di-:ngr<~cahle for others. If we were bent on presenting a catnln:.!llt' ,.r onr shortcomings as a ~i:U•lCnt h()dy clne to lack of f'SJiriI rl!·