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Those who expected to see Mr. Roosevelt rise to the occasion and deliver proof of his freedom from the taint of demagogy will be sadly enlghtened by this, the latest evidence of the justice of that charge. The revealing experience of a long presidential campaign has not dealt kindly with the squire of Hyde Park. The efficient executive who was once regarded as a progressive, strong official has shown himself, on this occasion at least, a man who appeals to partisan passions by platitudes, by stirring quotations,-in short, a demagogue. If Mr. Roosevelt hopes ever to grace the White...
This article was brought to me by no less than 16 different students in this school, which seems to me to be conclusive proof of the universality of its interest, particularly to young people...
...given consideration in the meeting of high school and preparatory school principals in Eliot House last Saturday. The need for correlating the work of preparatory schools and colleges was reemphasized. That twenty-five per cent of college freshmen have to leave college because of academic deficiency is sufficient proof of the maladjustment which has resulted from inadequate means of selecting candidates for admission to college...
...quiet, unpretentious citizen of Wellesley is perhaps even more admirable. His hospitality and generosity to struggling young authors was outstanding. At home he was frequently host to small groups of distinguished friends who enjoyed leisurely hours of pleasant reading. His courageous struggle against fragile health gives proof of praiseworthy perseverance; his occasional attempts at fiction and poetry reveal an attractively human weakness. A refined and keen judgment coupled with a dignified scholarly career mark Gamaliel Bradford as an unusually attractive character, well worthy of the high esteem he enjoyed as a biographer...
...Spectator's former editor has stated that his substantiation of these grave charges against dining hall officials was "complete and explicit," while Dean Hawkes has asserted that "his response was wholly without proof." He further charges that Harris was guilty of a series of "innuendoes" and "misrepresentations," and has shown himself not a fit candidate for a Columbia degree; here again outsiders cannot say where honors are due. It is not necessary, however, to have an intimate knowledge of the local conditions to feel that Dean Hawkes has been maladroit and unpolitic in his treatment of the situation, summoning...