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...says: "No matter how the Christian ethic is defined it remains true that a wide abyss yawns between it and the facts and assumptions of our contemporary industrial civilizations. . . . Shall a Christian busy himself to change the social order and meanwhile accept its limitations and inequalities as a fate which he alone can not change? Do his Christian convictions require and imply action in the political field, and if so what kind of a political program is most consistent with a Christian ethic...
...time for the inauguration of the House Plan approaches, the question of the fate of the Junior Fraternities becomes more acute. Soon they are to pass before a tribunal of the undergraduates themselves, the faculty, and alumni. Tried, will they be found wanting? What will the handwriting on the wall foretell? Will it speak of fraternity achievements, its benefits to college society, or will it boldly depict the history of outworn customs, forgotten ideals, and nebulous raison d'etres...
...while the fate of the bonus system is in the hands of the Law, not of the stockholders, genial Chairman Charles Michael Schwab last week had the satisfaction of knowing that the meeting was a personal victory for him. When questions were hurled at him he shot answers back. When the end of the meeting drew near he delivered himself of an emotional speech which brought cheers from the shareholders. And meaningless as the vote may turn out to be, it was indicated that the management won the proxy battle by an overwhelming majority...
...political fate of the Chicago mayor whose slogan was "Keep King George Out of Chicago," and who had threatened to "bust King George on the snoot," was front-page material in London last week. Nearly every paper in the city reported the defeat of William Hale Thompson (TIME, April 13), in page-wide banners and lengthy editorials. Even in Paris the headline of La Liberté was BIG BILL BEATEN...
Scared Socialists. Six months ago the electoral victories of Fascist Hitler and the march of his 107 brown-shirted deputies into the Reichstag seemed to doom the Bruning Cabinet to the fate of Humpty Dumpty...