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...itself. Most large families, it is safe to say, are monuments, not to a colossal desire to perpetuate the race, but to a colossal ignorance of eugenics. Dr. Eliot's argument is only cogent if the knowledge of these matters is still to be suppressed by governments whose primary concern is to keep the stock of "cannon fodder" well replenished
...where the first investigation strikes, was not in existence when the Sherman Anti-Trust Law was passed. Two years later, in 1892, Charles A. Coffin founded it by combining the Edison General Electric Co. and the Thompson-Houston Electric Co. Even after this combination, it was a comparatively small concern engaged in the manufacture of electrical apparatus. Now it has plants in 40 cities, em ploys over 74,000 men and its stock approaches...
President Lowell is quoted in this morning's papers upon various subjects of concern to the students and alumni of Harvard University. One assumes that his enthusiasms are genuine, yet hesitates at being convinced of their validity, especially in the matter of the supposed benefits of the matter of the supposed benefits of the tutorial system...
...part, I must in all fairness leave these questions open as neither the tutorial system nor the divisional examinations directly concern me. Such observations as I have made are based on my acquaintance and opinions of both tutors and undergraduates whom I have met. I hope that this letter may provoke some thought on this important matter, and to that end I quote from President Lowell: "This year every department has tutors and, although it requires additional work on the part of the students, the funny thing is they like it." Allen H. Gleason...
...purposes of European reconstruction, or that she is in any way disposed to accept the Treaty of Versailles or to recognize or take part in the political activities of the League of Nations. What it does imply is that from now onward she has an intimate and tangible concern in what, after all, is the kernel of the European problem, namely, the restoration of Germany to political and economic health...