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...Malmesbury....Drag...
There is no need to dwell at length upon the consequences which have been wrought by the American system. The inertia of the mass has been a constant drag upon the initiative of those students whose capacities and preparation justify a raising of academic standards. But at the same time a jealous public has resisted, in the name of their "inalienable rights", the exclusions which follow the tendency to raise standards, to enhance appreciation of matters of the intellect, in brief, to make universities true institutions of higher learning...
...other hand, the universities, while realizing that the attempt to drag the incompetent up the academic hill has been a failure, may feel themselves too dependent upon public opinion to shut out this class altogether. If so, they must establish a clear distinction between the competent and the incompetent, and declare them subject to different laws. They can then carry out their real purpose with the first group, raising standards as high as they please without hurting the feelings of the public, and at the same time they can minimize the dissipation of their energies to the second group...
...universe through which all matter moves; 2) That this substance, ether, has a motion imparted to it by moving matter (a motion similar to that of water following the stern of a moving ship). In the case of the earth, the ether is subject to a 95% drag, but slips away again 50%; 3) That the whole solar galaxy (group of planets) is moving toward the constellation of the Dragon at a rate of 120 miles a second. The significance of the ether-drift calculations in brief is: The man who made them, Dr. Dayton C. Miller of the Case...
...Secretary Mellon is or was interested. The company paid taxes of over $10,000,000 for 1915-19 and got a refund of nearly $4,000,000. The case was settled in about a week after amended returns were filed in February, 1921, although in many cases such settlements drag out for months, years. The Committee claims that the company should not only have had no refund, but should have paid $600,000 additional. In the warfare between Senator Couzens and Secretary Mellon, the case has only an indirect bearing, however, since it was settled at Secretary Mellon...