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...caption "College Grafters" the Boston Herald yesterday editorialized on the charge of a fraternity publication that "almost every student office which handles money has grafters among its incumbents." Accepting the information of an admittedly informal survey as substantial, the Herald deplores the "nasty situation" and suggests that the offending element might well be eradicated by a strict policy of expulsion...
...swung his forces irrevocably into the opposition. The assurance that without his support in the North and East no candidate can carry a united party so necessary for election will weigh heavily in the plans of party managers. By an artful maneuver, Mr. Smith has injected the element of precariousness into a campaign which has hitherto proceeded with unusual orderliness; and he has measurably augmented the influence which he will enjoy in the final in the final choice of a party candidate...
...become the distinguishing habit of American tourists to gain their acquaintance with foreign countries from hasty glimpses of musty antiquities, illuminated by the omiscient Baedecker. Physical glories form a major attraction of European civilization, but with a leavening of the human element they produce only an incomplete and necessarily distorted conception in 'tourists' minds. Recognizing the need of bringing the traveller into contact with this other, more important aspect of European life the International Service has instituted its conferences. As an easy and effective way to bring together students of different lands, it not only promotes an illuminating fellowship between...
...good luck will effect or political connivance secure but the availability of the CRIMSON's dark horses can be examined. From this point of view Seabury, Bulkley, Murray, and Reed appear in turn not as a possible dark horse but as a bete noire. To one or another important element within the Democratic party each of the candidates would be persons non grata...
...more so to attempt evaluating his chances for the presidency. Figures such as Murray are by no means unique phenomena in the corn and cotton belt. Mounte banks and demagogues have attracted large followings before. Stockless Jerry Simpson talked to thousands in his day. Murray stands for a powerful element but his strength is likewise his weakness. He represents class and sectional interests that the Democratic Party must attempt to reconcile rather than emphasize. He is clearly not a compromise candidate...