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...American History number is the latest contribution of Lampy to its long line of predecessors in special editions. Its unusually distorted account of our nation's progress since 1492 has as many low spots as high ones, but on the whole, it contains very readable and diverting matter. If our History courses were only enlivened by such humorous, often grotesque, pictures and such amusingly modernized anecdotes as this issue presents, lectures would be cheerfully attended and memorizing for the mid-years would be a pleasure...
...Plan" entrance examinations five years ago. Harvard took the lead in assisting deserving students who had not been specially prepared to enter one of the older Eastern universities; Yale followed shortly after, and, with the establishment of the new "Board of Admissions," is now planning to make further progress in this direction. There is no doubt that the comprehensive examinations have done a great deal to assist the well-prepared high school student to gain admittance, but the bugbear of "flunking in one" frightens many desirable students away to the state universities. The result, unfortunate for both school and college...
...Yale can strike a happy medium she deserves great credit. The progress of the new Board will be watched with keen interest...
...degree of progress of the Hoover drive will be definitely ascertained this evening when all dormitory chairmen will make their report between 7 and 8 o'clock at the headquarters of the drive in the Crimson building. At this time form cards will be given to the chairmen to fill out, showing the number of men in each dormitory, the number approached, those subscribed, and the total amount given. From this data the condition of the campaign will be calculated. Consequently it is very important for the success of the drive that all chairmen bring definite reports, as complete...
...Scribes and Pharisees are interested not in issues but in nominations and victories. It is their business to befuddle and deceive the voters and then to produce majorities. It is to parties so controlled that the nation turns today in time of grave economic crisis. If we are to progress as a nation we must break out of this iron cage of political caste. We must either have new parties--which is not necessary,--or a new partisanship and a new kind of party organization...