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their conduct sometimes reflects all too well the method prevalent in 

 "real" politics outside. Here again, no doubt conditions are improv- 

 ing, and the time may come when even the most insignificant matters 

 afford scope for the development of habits and points of view of the 

 utmost moment. We have also the civic clubs, really entering into the 

 national arena to some extent, and already doing valuable public service. 

 In all of this, we shall reap approximately what we sow. If, in 

 some countries learning and possibly virtue are more highly esteemed 

 than in our own, it is the work of those who have stood for learning and 

 virtue, year after year, month by month, day by day. These things will 

 not come without conscious and long-continued effort. I feel that in our 

 anxiety for material support, we sometimes forget the essential things. 

 It is good to have money, it is delightful to see a large and growing 

 student body, but whatever comes of it, let us always refuse to sell our 

 birthright for even the largest, most attractive mess of pottage. 



