Antioch College - Towers Yearbook (Yellow Springs, OH)

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IUNIORS Robert McCormick Adams, Yellow Springs, Ohio Arthur Allison Amsler, Oil City, Pennsylvania Frederick john Asmus, Roseville, Michigan Waldemar Alexander Ayres, Chicago, Illinois Iohn Corwin Beach, Buffalo, New Yorlq Richard Scott Berkey, Niagara Falls, New Y of-lg Lincoln 'Wilmarth Bishop, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Edith Marian Bowen, Grcciie, Maiize john I. Brough, Dayzoii, Ohio Fred Lewis Brown, Los A71 gales, California 52

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,,,. X 'E 'xx .YS PURE ENGLISH --' 'HAT Oxford is the home of Greek and other lost causes makes it none the less attractive. What can be more entertaining than the magic indulged in to 52:52 Rag? - - as i keep causes ahve? ashamed of the absurd folly Robinson says that We are and illogicality of our thought. Rather of its drab common- placeness. Part of the joy we take in recognizing an allusion is due to our sense of superiority over others who do not. And litera- ture would be impossible Without allusiveness--at any rate, infinitely poorer. Your true conservative asks whether others have done and are doing what is proposedg he does not inquire Whether the results have been good. A liberal may be defined as one who lianlcers after radical ideas Without having the courage to believe in them. A radical is one who believes in the ideas but does noth- ing about it. A man who really proposes to accomplish something new is a visionary or a dernagogue. SI

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X ff' fl' Tolerance which is only amused tolerance is mere super- ciliousness. Interesting to note that while the traditionalist insists on taking miracles literally, his comfort in them is almost Wholly symbolic and subjective. A Thou canst still the waters wild, refers to the storm on Gallilee but comforts those with moral storms about them. Words, like biological organisms, are frequently atavisticg old and outworn meanings persist in reappearing to violate our definition and confuse our thought. Gnels pensees tend to have a Worldly-Wise, cynical, and pessimistic turn. This is natural to the form, it seems to me. All great aphorists have been gentle cynics. I do not forget Doc Crane. . ear euica eaciinfr exam re commits e or- Nlyllfhltlgby p' 'thf mal fallacy of simple conversion. Hence: The Goops grumble over their food, You grumble over your food, You are a Goop. A sense of humor is an excellent substitute for righteous indignation. 53