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...military and naval science are a legacy from the post-war days, when all of us, from William Roscoe Thayer down, were far more convinced of the efficacy of war as a social instrument than we are now. They have followed the trend of the times; originally a pleasant path to a course credit, they have stiffened their requirements, placed more emphasis on the really scientific features of their field, and are now as difficult as the run of courses in the college. This, coupled with the fact that the treat is on the government, has left the administration strangely...
...Mexico's darkling, pugnacious Foreign Minister Puig Casauranc, high-powered salesman of the idea that there ought to be a Spanish American League of Nations to "offset" the Yankees and Canadians. Uruguayan Communists let Senor Casauranc alone-though Mexico does not recognize the Soviet Union-but strewed the path of the U. S. Secretary of State with leaflets reading "Down with Bandit Hull! Down with Yankee Imperialism...
...start in Canton under "China's George Washington," the late sainted Dr. Sun Yatsen. It was from Canton that Chiang marched north to conquer all China-partly with the aid of Russian and Chinese propagandists trained in Moscow who fomented disunion in his Army's path. Marching on to victory, the Generalissimo paid scant attention for several years to the seeds of Sovietism which sprouted and grew strong among Chinese in his wake...
...behind, play safe, and cling to its 'scutcheen. Or it may take the lead in teaching its students temperance by allowing them to indulge in quiet, legal drinking with their meals. One is inclined to hope that yesterday's manifesto will not commit the University to the former path...
...Down the path from her bungalow one day last week skipped Bride Susie wearing a kimono. Groom and preacher, naked, came up another path merrily singing to other colonists, "Won't you come and join us?" A young painter with a Van Dyke beard and some young women in slippers answered their call. So did others less adorned. Cheerfully the witnesses ranged themselves around. Susie slipped off her kimono but kept hold of her bouquet. Preacher Irvine mounted a box. Bride & groom exchanged their vows in the sight of Nature and a camera...