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...Sole work done by the Disarmament Conference last week was to "approve the principle of reducing armaments to the lowest limit consistent with national safety" and to adopt an Anglo-American resolution calling for an attempt by the Conference to attain "qualitative disarmament" and decide what weapons are "most efficacious against national defense" (with a view to limiting such weapons...
...vision of his divine nature. For nine months he lay in a coma, came out of it "merged into God." It is explained that many people are in such a super-conscious state but few can remain in touch with the world, like Meher Baba, and help others to attain divinity...
...foundation of the new Fletcher School is a recognition of the great possibilities afforded by a separate institution in the study of international diplomacy. Under judicious management it may well gain the prestige and dignity of organized scholarship which is impossible to attain while the field is regarded merely as a part of an Arts and Sciences curriculum or when, although isolated, it labors under the stigma of pure vocationalism. Study under such conditions would endow men entering the state department with a far more scholarly attitude than before; the new atmosphere should encourage more students to enter the field...
...present their views, and a hearty debate could be enjoyed without the restrictions of ponderous machinery. Embracing nearly all the benefits of the Model League, the informal group would possess none of its disadvantages. Only when freed from all distracting and misguiding puppetry can the discussion of international affairs attain its full value for the undergraduate...
...clear however, that the immediate task of the Republicans will not be so difficult as that of the Democrats. While Hoover is the obvious G.O.P. leader, the question of leadership of the Democrats is undecided and very complicated. Unless they can attain some degree of solidarity, it is probable that the opportunity which the depression offers them will be lost...