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waving glossily from muzzle to tail-tip. His head is majestic and the sensitive nose quivers eagerly, belying the air of contempt. When his form, his coat, and the myriad of details of canine excellence have been passed upon, he must go through his field trials. With the gay bravado
of a D' Artagnan marking his every movement, he Bushes his birds and retrieves them. His field tactics are remarkable, and beautiful to watch. Here is the ideal hunter and champion. But has anyone ever found in the next day’s paper that “the new champion was pronounced flawless by Judge So-and-So’’? There is always a limiting factor: he may have been by far the most splendid specimen ever judged, but he lacked utter perfec­
tion, perhaps by the angle of his plumy tail, held too high or too low to
suit the exacting critic.
So the quest for that elusive goal goes on through the ages. Always
just a bit out of reach, our finger-tips may touch, but fail to grasp it. Always we will pursue it, goaded on by hope and a tenacity due to its nearness, its “ almostness.” But what shall we have if we finally do attain it? Is it material? Is it spiritual? What is perfection?
K. P., ’27.
The Alice Pardee Prize
Mr. and Mrs. Pardee have given a fund to provide every year a prize in memory of Alice. It is to be for the best work done in the Senior English Class. Last year Ottoline Boissevain won the prize, which was a beautiful medal of gold. This year the prize will be awarded for the
best paper on a topic that will be set for the class. Instead of a medal, it will be a gift of books.