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...merits of this plan are superior to the older method. With every state offering candidates, a competition will be stimulated which will assure a high grade, representative group at Oxford and the choice of any foreign university for the student in his third year makes possible a broader and more cultural education than heretofore...
Again he rang the Republican challenge on U. S. advantages: "In proportion to our population, we have one-fourth more of our children in grade schools than the most advanced other country in Europe. . . . Today we have more of our youth in institutions of higher learning than all the rest of the 1,500,000,000 people of the world put together. . . "Twice the number of homes owned . . . four times as much electricity . . . seven times as many automobiles . . . four times as many telephones and radio sets...
Though the list included Alphonse ("Scarface Al") Capone, George ("Bugs") Moran, Joseph ("Joe") Aiello and other Grade A gangsters, only eight minor figures were rounded up by police during the past fortnight. They were: Terrence ("Terrible Terry") Druggan, ill in a hospital; Danny Stanton, jailed because his gun was said to prove ballistically that he had shot swart Jack Zuta; Caponeman Jack Guzick, first arrested by Federal agents for income-tax evasion; James (''Fur") Sammons, robber, killer, ex-convict; Edward ("Spike") O'Donnell, Capone beer salesman; ("Dago") Lawrence Mangano, west side gambling-house keeper; George ("Red") Barker...
...under the tutelage of either Professor Burbank or E. B. Chamberlain '27, assistant professor of Economics. It is to be strictly understood that the putting into effect of this plan will not interfere in any way with the possibilities of other students in the course gaining an A grade if their work warrants it. This system has met with great success in History 1 and has met with the approval of students in the past few years...
...results are then to be checked with those of the examination taken at the end of the course, and if they are found to tally fairly closely, within ten points for instance, Professor Cole will approach the Administration with the suggestion that in the future a successful grade in some such preliminary examination may entitle the student to full credit for the course and allow him to proceed to other and more profitable pursuits...