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...slightly dazed condition, they augur well for a more liberal education. The abolition for upperclassmen of hour examinations, the cancellation of their compulsory attendance at classes, and the relaxation of probation all point in one direction; the Harvard undergraduate shall become a responsible student. Upon him alone will depend the success or failure of his college curriculum...
Unfortunately the tactics of the workers are becoming such as to alienate at the start that very public sympathy on which Labor, as Capital, must in the long run depend for success. Against a legitimate strike coupled with sincere efforts for mediation, no just resentment can be aroused. But when, as in the present case, it becomes increasingly evident that the unions are permitting themselves to be led by Communists and other discredited radicals intent only on fomenting trouble, the antagonism of the general public is inevitably aroused. Between the upper and nether millstones of mob violence and popular antipathy...
...depend on your paper to report news only, yet this seems to indicate a serious leaning on the part of the paper to the extreme left. If the quotation is so, the last national election did not show any trend of anybody toward Socialism but away from...
Cleveland was still in the throes of a retail gasoline strike. Two thousand filling station operators of the major oil companies walked out three weeks ago, leaving Clevelanders to depend upon some 700 independents for their entire supply. In one day 27 doctors complained that they had run out of gasoline while making calls. Last week panic-stricken motorists rushed to filling stations with cans and jugs for extra supplies as the independents threatened to stop pumping too. Promptly at midnight 689 independents shut down, did not reopen...
Compare rugby. For speed it is far ahead of American football. The play can sway from one end of the field to the other without interruption with breathtaking speed. It does not depend on intercepted forward passes or recovered fumbles or referees' whistles. Its agility depends upon a combination of foot, hand and head work and the changes are so rapid as to furnish intense excitement at all times. As for the quality of guts. I know you will agree that the rugby fullback, all by himself in front of his goal, who must fall on the ball...