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...Macintosh case, unpopular as it was with liberal thinkers, had good basis in law. It was formed on precedent and on accepting the Constitution as it stands. It pointed out "that citizenship is a high privilege, and when doubts exist concerning a grant of it, generally at least, they should be resolved in favor of the United States against the claimant." But it is doubtful that the act of 1906 which determined the qualifications for naturalization implied that a man should not be naturalized if, because of religious belief, he is opposed to war or unwilling to support arms...
...Honors Degree and a Pass degree exist, practically speaking, at the present time. I do not believe that the general examinations should be abolished for any class of students. Tutorial instruction has always been optional. This is the most important feature of the system. It allows students who do not feel themselves benefited (sic) to use their time otherwise and if thereby gives the tutor more time to devote to students who are using the instruction to advantage...
...convention is the U. S. Both the International Seamen's Union and the American Federation of Labor backed the fight against it in Congress, claiming that U. S. shipping inspection laws are already more stringent than the proposals of the International Convention. They claim the following jokers exist in the Convention's wording: i) A safety certificate from a foreign vessel's home port would prevent additional inspection by U. S. inspectors, as is now possible. 2) Present provisions of the Seamen's Act covering experience of seamen shipping from U. S. ports could...
Many people accept cures and stigmata t their face value, as mystic phenomena, 'hat the scars and blood exist is well attested. The late Sir William Osier called stigmata, in general, manifestations of hysteria, probably produced by autosuggestion. The Roman Catholic Church takes no official position at all during the lifetime of a stigmatic, conducts exhaustive inquiries afterwards. Last November steps were taken to discourage pilgrimages to Therese Neumann, as was done with similar European cases (TIME...
...preventing a lowering of the present public school standards, for in the last two years the amount of money allotted to schools has decreased while the number of students has gradually increased. As Mr. Hoover and many persons interested in education have realized, this situation cannot continue to exist without bad results...