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...with a 45-min. speech. Then each guest was asked to give his remedies for the nation's ills, beginning with Clark Howell of the Atlanta Constitution who illustrated his remarks with a smoking-compartment story about a young man in a lingerie shop. The publishers' consensus was that the President should be more firm with Congress. Aggrievedly President Hoover replied that when he had attempted to reprimand Congress he was not only jumped on by Congress but by the publishers. At this point someone brought up the real business of the evening, suggested that a hand-raising...
...elected and appointed men who sit in the Council meetings are even more responsible to the student body of which they form a part. A resolution honestly arrived at by the Council, secretly referred to the governing board, rejected and hence killed with them, may actually represent the general consensus of opinion among students. If the Council's resolutions were brought to the notice of the student body through publication, as well as to the governing boards, the representative character of the group would be fulfilled. At present, unless the Council's decision meets the approval of the governing boards...
...newshawks looked temporarily baffled, then went out and began writing stories about who would succeed Snorkey as gang chief. Consensus was that it would be cocky, sleek-haired Hymie Levin, not his quieter lieutenant, Murray Humphries. Editor Jack Leach of The Daily Northwestern, student paper at Northwestern University, published an editorial entitled "Get This, Capone," warning Snorkey not to attend any more football games...
...Press was embroiled in a controversy as to whether or not President Hoover had been booed by rooters at the Philadelphia World Series baseball game. Sports Editors Paul Gallico of the New York Daily News and Joe Williams of the World Telegram reported booing. The Associated Press heard none. Consensus was that on the entry and exit of President Hoover, respectful folk in the grandstand near him cheered, folk in the bleachers, farther away, jeered...
Pressure has been brought to bear by Stanford and Dartmouth graduates of Greater Boston to make possible the first Stanford game in Boston, and hotel men, anxious for the increased trade have joined in the protest at the mayor's action. In view of these facts, the consensus is that the H.C.-B.C. game will be played on November 28 in Fenway Park, with the Big Green and Stanford meeting in the Stadium on the same date. The Boston College "Heights" has refrained from editorial comment...