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...plan provides a closer correlation of the three departments in the field. Also, by restricting the range of what exists as the present general examination within more specific limits it does away with the necessity for cramming an immense amount of material with which the student has no immediate concern other than a means to pass an examination. An added advantage is evident in the fact that the new system will work in more harmoniously with the tutorial system, for all three divisional examinations will now be at least indirectly within the province of the student's tutor...
While these sentiments will undoubtedly appeal to convivial Methodists, the reasoning by which Dr. Wilson reaches his remarkable conclusion, despite its pleasantness is unconvincing, for it is substantially an assertion that once assured that it is impossible to secure anything to drink, it is a matter of little concern to the government and the drys whether people drink or not. Stated in balder terms then these unusually liberal sentiments issuing from a temperance leader are seen to be based on a substantial foundation of sophistry...
Merger. The union of the two companies would create a concern with assets of about $900,000,000, with earnings far above those of Standard of California, about equal to Standard of Indiana, but below Standard of New Jersey. The two companies would distribute petroleum products equal to about 9% of the total U. S. consumption. Especially potent would be the new combination in battling the Royal Dutch-Shell group which has been engaged in combat with Standard of New York both here and abroad...
Some, however, do not think. Others think and discreetly do nothing. But out of the concern of a few churchmen for the welfare of tough-hided steelmen arose the war of Church v. Steel. Last week a long truce in that war was broken, and decisively broken, by the Church...
Seldom does even the most sensational journal concern itself with corruption outside its own city. But the Hearst-owned New York Evening Journal had seen fit to start a campaign last month to clean up the politics of gaudy Atlantic City, 123 mi. away. Its action was explained by the fact that the resort, a happy hunting ground for shillabers and sharpsters, is frequently visited by the Journal's clientele...