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...instructor of Geology, and the third R. L. M. Underhill '09, instructor of Philosophy. Head quarters will be made at Glacier. B. C. with other camps in various valleys. Odell is known for having reached the highest altitude on Mount Everett and surviving the trip. The caravan expects to attain an altitude of 7000 feet. A cook and helpers will supply plenty of fresh food, while large tents will be used as sleeping quarters...
...scholars agree that the trinitarian references in the Bible are pious forgeries. The question of the divinity of Jesus is not worth a hill of beans. . . . We must scrap the Bible before we can attain church unity. It has no part in the 20th century civilization...
...antiquarians for the due consideration and care of these relics. Spirited debates might be held on such subjects as whether or not the world is flat, and the exact time of Creation as determined by an hour-glass. By this method the ordinary process of law-making should attain a rate of speed almost perceptible to the naked eye, and the Records would be made light enough for six attendants to handle with ease...
...first place, individual activities are an end in themselves. They are for, the development of a particular hobby and not the means to attain the halcyon shores of paradise. Participating in college journalism is no more an introduction to the hall of undergraduate adulation than a course in Chinese literature...
Instead of being a democracy, therefore, Haiti came to be ruled by dictators. Only two of twenty-four Presidents retired peacefully after completing their terms. A President remained in power as long as his armed forces were stronger than those of the combined opposition. Anxious to attain power, general after general made a grab at the Presidency, and revolution followed revolution. Bribery and corruption were part and parcel of the whole system. From collectors of taxes to school teachers, all tried to get a little more for themselves by playing politics...