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Freedom of speech and of the press is capable of many definitions, both moral as well as legal; and there are times when an individual or an organization may, at the same time, keep within the technical limits set by the courts and far overstep the bounds of morality and common decency. A good illustration of such a case is the set of resolutions drawn up by the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic at its first annual convention in Boston. The convention, after expressing its sympathy for Ireland and the cause of the "Irish Republic", proceeded...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE POT AND THE KETTLE | 2/15/1921 | See Source »

...given in the second half-year by the Graduate School of Education. The course will be given by Mr. Charles Swain Thomas '97, recently Director of English in the Junior and Senior High Schools of Cleveland, Ohio, now a members of the editorial staff of the Atlantic Monthly Press. Mr. Thomas is a recognized authority in the teaching of English. He is well known for his work as the editor of the "English Leafiet." published by the New England Association of Teachers of English, and as editor on numerous classics. He has lectured on the teaching of English...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To Give New Educational Courses | 1/29/1921 | See Source »

...books listed among the most recent publications of the Harvard University Press are "Robert Curthose: Duke of Normandy," by Charles Wendell David, and the second volume of Robert Withington's "English Pagenatry: an Historical Outline...

Author: By D. W. B., | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF-REVIEWS-JOTS AND TITLES | 1/21/1921 | See Source »

...Letters of William James" published recently by the Atlantic Monthly Press are followed now by the "Collected Essays and Roviews of William James," thirty-nine scattered articles and criticisms, previously unpublished, issued from the press of Longmans, Green...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE CRIMSON BOOKSHELF-REVIEWS-JOTS AND TITLES | 1/14/1921 | See Source »

...some reason, the press often features the discreditable acts that labor unions commit and the mistakes that occur but gives little or no publicity in most cases to the good things that the unions are continually trying to do. The public should appreciate that labor unions are far from perfect and should not judge them so harshly when these scare stories, which are usually far from accurate, appear in the newspapers. In all fairness, more emphasis should be laid on the good that such organizations are accomplishing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AIMS OF LABOR UNIONS STILL MISUNDERSTOOD | 1/12/1921 | See Source »