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...effort to remove some of the burdens of extra-curricular activities from seniors might well prove a constructive move and obviously has much to recommend it. Senior year is a crucial period scholastically, and clearly the more free seniors are from outside interests, the more opportunity they will have to study. Furthermore, from the point of view of the activities themselves, it seems quite logical to expect that juniors, if less imminently pressed by studies, may find it easier to devote to other activities the time required. Thus a general introduction of such policies might be expected to benefit both...
Soon after the wedding, Mr. Willebrandt's lungs necessitated a move to Arizona. Mrs. Willebrandt nursed him and did all the housework. She had vitality enough left over to take a normal school course in Tempe. After his health returned, she left him. She became a school superintendent in Los Angeles and studied law at the University of Southern California. Her reputation grew with her work as Public Defender of Los Angeles-charity advocate for beaten wives and fallen women...
Presently Bat'a shoes began to move on endless belts past workmen, each of whom performed a single operation. If the belt hurried a little, why so did the workmen-and were paid according to the number of shoes they produced...
...Vermont is a state that I love. I could not look upon the peaks of Ascutney, Whittier and Mansfield without being moved in a way that no other scene could move me. It was here that I first saw the light of day; here that I received my bride. Here my dead lie buried, pillowed among the everlasting hills. I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and invigorating climate, but most of all, I love her because of her indomitable people. They are a race of pioneers who almost impoverished themselves for the love of others...
...preponderance of victories for the former as the bare facts of the case might indicate, and by withdrawing from their former stand the Annapolis authorities tacitly admit that such matters are domestic problems bas settled by the institution concerned. The Navy suffers no loss of honour by such a move but only shows a commendable consideration for the wider interests involves...