Students and Politics The question has always been open to criticism whether students should be kept at arms length from politics or they should be allowed to take an active part in politics. In this age of political advancement and awakening, the students’ life in itself has been a politics for the last many years. More-over, every young man has some inspirations and some sentiments. These inspirations and sentiments can only...

A Cynic is one who Knows the Price of Everything and the Value of Nothing In ancient Greece there was a school of austere philosophers who taught a strict and stern morality and banned all pleasure as wicked. The light-hearted Athenians nicknamed them “Cynics”, or snarling dogs ; for the Greek word “cynic” means “dog-like”. The most noted Cynic philosopher was Diogenes, who showed his contempt of comfort by living in...

All Great Poetry is the Trans-figured Life of The Author The poet has in an extraordinary degree the gift of imagination, or vision. He seems to be endowed with a sixth sense. In his moments of inspiration he can see and feel the essential mystery, the spiritual meaning, of what appears to us as ordinary and commonplace. The unimaginative man is aware only of what he perceives through his senses. Like...

War – A Relic of Barbarism The law of the jungle is, “Kill, or be killed!” There we see, “Nature red in tooth and claw”. From the times of “Dragons of the prime That tore each other in the slime”, up to now, the stronger beasts have preyed upon the weaker, and these again on the weaker still. From the tiger down to the rat the only right known is that...

Play Up Play Up And Play The Game   The English are noted for their love of games and sport. They are bred up to it from boyhood. Games, such as foot-ball, hockey, and the national game of cricket, are made much of in all public schools ; and the boys play them with zest. The love and playing of such manly games have created in them what is called the...

A Merry Heart Goes All The Way A pessimist is a person who always expects the worst; an optimist is one who always hopes for the best. A pessimist is, therefore, a gloomy, depressed and depressing person ; but an optimist is both cheery and cheering. His chief characteristic is cheerfulness; for even when the sky is dark he knows the sun will shine out again sooner or later. He tries...

Are We Happier Than Our Ancestors? Man of today, particularly the youth, feels that man of today is happier than his ancestors. In this age of Science, life is secure, sage and comfortable. Science has come to man as a boon. Man is inventor and conqueror. He has yolked even the elements of nature to his service. He has done marvellous things to make himself happy. The world of hours has...

Expectation is Keener than Enjoyment A student begins his three-year course of study for his degree. He thinks proudly of the day when he will be able to write the magic letters “B. A.” after his name. How grand it will be to be a graduate! So term after term he works hard at his studies, always buoyed up with the hope of that final success. How slowly the weeks and...