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...Erskine and he was no page-assignment teacher. After a few years at Amherst, he moved on to Columbia University to become one of the most noted and notable men on the faculty. He was a spiky-haired scholar, with a hulking figure, a florid face, and a cold contempt for the dull and dimwitted. His lectures on literature were polished performances, in which Erskine paused only to chuckle before dropping one of his epigrams, or to stare icily at some latecomer making his way to a seat. Students flocked to hear him, and in the evenings, if he happened...
...other often-discussed matters the Court also backed decisions of lower magistrates. The Justices refused to review the case of three men sentenced for contempt by Judge Medina in the New York Communist trial. And they upheld a Maryland Appellate decision which overruled a Baltimore Court's action in barring newspaper publication of certain types of crime news. But they reversed a decision by Judge Shaw of Chicago which held the 1949 Rent Control Act unconstitutional...
Meanwhile 11 members of the Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee have appealed their conviction on a contempt of Congress charge, and the Committee itself waits for the Court's promised review of the legality of the Attorney General's subversive list. The Court will probably grant a review of the Bailey case, involving a woman fired for "failing" her federal loyalty check. Thus the entire program may be reviewed this term...
...nature of the totalitarians, had wishfully believed in the "peaceful coexistence" of democracy and warlike autocracy. He urged the next generation not to lose hope or faith in socialism, reason and persuasion-"Nothing established by violence and maintained by force, nothing that degrades humanity and is based on contempt for human personality can endure...
...originals to get money for his stamp collection. When Picabia senior finally caught up with his son, the boy got a sound thrashing, then on second thought a commendation for his cleverness. Since then Picabia has used his tricks alternately to demonstrate both his facility in art and his contempt...