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They took a seemly oath: "... I pledge myself . . . to consider ever primary to my own, the welfare of patients dependent upon my professional knowledge and skill; ever to respect the interests and reputations of my colleagues; as occasion requires, to supplement my own judgment with the wisdom and counsel of competent medical specialists; to render my assistance willingly to my colleagues; to extend freely my professional aid to the unfortunate, the poor and the needy; to advance steadily in knowledge by the reading of authoritative medical literature, by attendance at important gatherings of medical men, by postgraduate instruction from...
...little minesweeper Grebe carried Dr. Paul M. Pearson, like the President a Quaker, into the harbor of St. Thomas while a Marine detachment shot off a 17-gun salute. The black population with its 5% sprinkling of whites massed in Emancipation Park to watch Governor Pearson take the oath of office, hear his inaugural address. They were all in good humor because the ceremony marked the transfer of their government from the Navy under Capt. Waldo Evans to the Department of the Interior. The blackamoors (who speak Danish) stared in wonderment as Governor Pearson, who used to teach public speaking...
...former Kaiser, King and All Highest, came tidings last week that his fourth son, August Wilhelm, had been kicked and beaten by police at Königsberg ("King's Mountain") while participating in a Fascist demonstration. Recently August Wilhelm swore a public oath of loyalty to Adolf Hitler. It has been denied by all concerned that Wilhelm II is financing the German Fascists...
...facts: "I ask that Lupus, who is now sitting with his ears erect and his tail wagging outside the door, eagerly awaiting a chance to clear his character, be summoned as a witness." The Court smiled shrewdly, rejected the plea. "It is impossible," said the Court, "to administer the oath even to the most intelligent wolf...
Rarely if ever had a President taken the oath of office with public expectation of great achievements whipped to a higher pitch. President Hoover had been extolled as the Superman whose engineering genius would reform and elevate the Art of Government. Advertised for Washington was a New Era. With the Press trumpeting welcomes and high hope, with a Cabinet substantial though not exceptional, President Hoover took his new job with a rush of enthusiasm. He stifled a Mexican revolution with an arms embargo. He moved to conserve oil on the public domain. He banished the hypocritical "Official Spokesman" from...