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...presented itself. There is no doubt, however, that the present plan, if it provides for as many students as would otherwise be employed as waiters, is far preferable. It will give to those who need it, work which will be generally preferable to waiting on table, without jeopardizing the function of the Houses. No one will ask from what mysterious source the money was procured, provided the potential benefits of the plan are realized next year...
...knowledge, has no such man as Alexander E. Johnson on its payroll and no one at our headquarters has ever heard of such an individual in Washington. A director of our affiliated Louisville, Ky. Automobile Club named Alex E. Johnson is Chairman of our Legislative Committee, the principal function of which is to outline and formulate policies for submission to our annual convention. Mr. Johnson has not been in Washington as our representative at any time, has taken no part in the presentation of our views on national taxation. He does not and has not received any compensation from this...
...register as such, sometimes to pay fees. Not so in Washington. The late sarcastic Senator Caraway used to call the lobbyists "The Third House." Others have suggested that lobbyists be recognized and dignified as such, given a forum of their own in Washington, given rules & regulations and caused to function as a debating body in the Government where the private friends & foes of legislation could air their views for the edification of busy legislators...
...brown) whose pigment is evenly distributed over their skins have seemed freer from these melanomata. Dr. Rudolph Matas of New Orleans, who in 1896 wrote on "Surgical Peculiarities of the Negro," believed that this was due to the probability that in the Negro pigment production is a normal function of the skin and under well-developed physiological control, whereas in whites pigment is limited to a few scattered areas and its physiological control is poorly developed. Other investigators believe "that practically all malignant tumors are much more rare in the Negro than in the white race, and that Negroes...
There are a number of places about the University which might well be given a function in the local microcosm as parking lots, without interfering with traffic, or causing any other nuisance. The cul-de-sac which runs past McKinlock and Gore Halls could be used for overnight parking without difficulty if the police would promise immunity to those who use it. There is a great deal of empty space behind the Business School rather forlornly awaiting another period of prosperity, some already employed as a parking space, and the rest just begging for the expenditure of a few dollars...