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...interpretation of all this allegory, the author declares in the postscript preface that the Bible is a mess, and uses the more modern translations of it for his proof. The Book of Revelations is "a curious record of the visions of a drug addict." And to him Christianity is "an amazing muddle, which has held out only because the views of Jesus were above the heads of all but the best minds." Suspecting that the masses are ready to accept the doctrine of Truth, the author feels that he is timely in getting out this plea for a realignment...
...perfectly natural that-with a multitude of banks operated by inexperienced men, far too many farm and real estate loans were granted. It is a survival of an almost medieval and perfectly natural belief that since land is tangible it must be a safe investment. The best proof of the fallacy of the idea is the fact that in Boston, where few real estate loans have been granted, the banks are absolutely liquid: within a few hours notice nearly every bank in Boston could pay every cent of its debts and still be solvent...
...from seven to eleven, and the feminine sanctity of that academic building is violated by permitting the entertainment of gentlemen friends. Twenty-five cents, and a little yellow card is the "Open Sesame" which admits Radkliffe and her evening's choice. When the card shows evidence of ten punches, proof that $2.50 has been paid, then further evenings' entertainments are free. The gentleman, it is assumed, will provide the initial two-bits...
Hagen speared the fear-proof Siegfried in the back, Brünnhilde lit his funeral pyre, the fateful ring went back to the Rhine whence it had come, Valhalla, symbol of the gods' greed, flamed in the distance-and at Manhattan's Metropolitan Opera House the curtain went down last Week on Richard Wagner's Goötterdäammerunmg, ended a cycle of the Nibelungen Ring operas* which New Yorkers will long remember...
...apparent that the general examination should be a prerequisite to the A.B. degree. Individual course grades indicate practically nothing as to a student's mastery of his field. In consideration of the standards which it has the right to require that every man should give definite proof of his mastery of at least one field; in consideration of the dull student who has been permitted to enter and to pay for his education the same price charged every other man, the college is bound to give him, or even to force upon him, every possible opportunity for improvement. To deny...