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...breadth of the field which it is required to master is in some respects a handicap. It is necessary to take examinations in Government and Economics as well as the departmental examination in History itself and the more specialized one in a specific field thereof. The result is a burden on the Senior probably greater than in most other divisions. It is not impossible that eventually the Division will see fit to permit the examinations in the related fields to be passed off some time before the close of the Senior year which would bring substantial relief to those enrolled...
...newspaper category of master minds of the criminal world have been added more alluring terms. Recently, the press has christened a cake-eater bandit, a maniac murderer, and a radio burglar. In this manner is modern crime dally dramatized for the sake of sensation and presented to an eager public. The tendency is not new in journalism, but rarely before has it reached such artistic culmination. The confessions of "cake-eater" bandits do not usually find a place on the front page of The New York Times...
Fortunately, the master myth on which the later legends are based is being somewhat allayed by contradictory publicity. In the third-grade of an elementary prison school, two men heralded by the press as master minds are for the first time becoming proficient in the three "R's". After this denouement, people may even believe that the radio burglar is not a sprite akin to static, but only a moron in need of a shave
...general literature course for students concentrating in science. The present arrangement is unsatisfactory because the same courses are made to serve two distinct classes of students whose needs are different. Students who have no interest in literature are bored by the mass of technical detail which they must master in order to satisfy the requirements of the instructor...
...followers, the Swedenborgians, form a quiet, modest sect, which nevertheless sends out persistent propaganda of their faith. Last week they announced in their chief periodical, The New-Church Messenger, an appeal for $100,000 to make facile a reprinting of their master's works?32 volumes. Clarence Walker Barron, editor of Barren's Financial Weekly and of the Wall Street Journal, heads the funds committee, promised to get $50,000 himself, urged other church members to contribute another...