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...certain paragrapher has aptly pointed out that the problem of "concurrent legislation" resolves itself into the question whether "concurrent" implies a blending together, as with gin and vermouth, or one sovereign, as with whiskey and soda. A New Jersey court has decided in favor of whiskey and soda, and Governor Coolidge, with a firmness that brings a tear to dry eyes, and a lump to dry throats, yet withal wisely, has declined to dissent from the opinion...
...Irish-Americans realize that their cause is being made but the tool for Congressional politics and personal aggrandizement the better. America must realize that meddlesome interference by a few vote-seeking politicians is not going to settle the Irish question; it will only make matters worse. The Irish problem must be settled by the Irish and the English. If the legislators at Washington refuse the League of Nations, instead of jeopardizing international goodwill, they should stick to the course of domestic affairs that they have chosen to follow...
After several years of almost complete confusion, the air has cleared a little and we are at last able to reach certain fairly definite conclusions in regard to the present Russian problem. Above all, we must recognize the great need of Europe for the food which Russia is capable of producing. During the war the United States was able to ship a large excess of provisions, but with production so slack, and waste and expenditure so great, it seems probable that only a negligible share will be left for Europe...
...Egypt to find more congenial friends among the mummies. Certainly, if Premier Nitti advice were followed, many of our present difficulties would soon disappear. Life would be much easier if we could all recognize a joke when we saw it, even it were officially classed as an "international problem" or a "grave symptom of social upheaval." The worries of the General Public have reduced him to the pitiably bedraggled state in which he usually appears in our newspaper cartoons. To him we recommend Premier Nitti's remedy, "guaranteed to effect a speedy recovery." In good humor is to be found...
With all the usual sources of revenue stopped, it was difficult enough to continue athletics, but with the enthusiasm for sport revived, before the means of financing it had again become normal, as was the case last spring, the problem was increased. To have allowed athletics to be dropped at the College would have been the easy course, but would have demoralized the future of the athletic system here, and made a gap in the life of those who were at College. Realizing this, the Athletic Committee worked unceasingly that sport might keep a foot-hold here...