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On Matters Of Race, On Matters Of Decency, Baseball Should Lead The Way.

Baseball Is About Homecoming. It Is A Journey By Theft And Strength, Guile And Speed, Out Around First To The Far Island Of Second, Where Foes Lurk In The Reefs And The Green Sea Suddenly Grows Deeper, Then To Turn Sharply, Skimming The Shallows, Making For A Shore That Will Show A Friendly Face, A Color, A Familiar Language And, At Third, To Proceed, No Longer By Paths Indirect But Straight, To Home.

The University Is Our Culture's Assertion That What Is Made By The Mind Has Value And Can Convey Values.

It Is Not Enough To Offer A Smorgasbord Of Courses. We Must Insure That Students Are Not Just Eating At One End Of The Table.

There Are A Lot Of People Who Know Me Who Can't Understand For The Life Of Them Why I Would Got To Work On Something As Unserious As Baseball. If They Only Knew.