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...last issue of the Yale Alumni Weekly a splendid protest against German influence in American universities is lodged and with it a splendid prophecy that the war will free us from this thralldom. Starting back in the fifties when American students began to study at German universities, this influence has grown until in all too many places it is a distinctly dominant force. The chief objection to the German method as pointed out in this Yale publication is its "soul-less" quality, Efficiency has been the watch-word; masses of information have been the result. This system has not only...
...trouble, he stated, dates back to 1861, when the freeing of the serfs opened a path for them into politics. Then the events of the early '90s gave Russia a large and important mass of middle-classmen who were anxious for political power. A gospel of discontent and protest was preached unceasingly and the tendency of Russia was to stretch everything beyond the proper limits...
...home, have them break training, and subject them to the humiliation of being dependents upon their families when many of them have hitherto be help in to support their families. Officers of the general staff, divisional commanders, and the commandants of the training camps are almost unanimous in their protest against the blunder, but their protest against the blunder, but their protests will not be heed unless the War Department hears for the country. --Boston Transcript...
...attitude of protest against special measures of taxation has usually been supposed indigenous in human nature, but the early returns upon the public's acceptance of the increased postal rates might appear to give this tradition defiance. How the bulk of the mails has been affected is not yet announced. What has been observed, however, is the surprising fact that a great many people have been placing three-cents worth of postage both on the letters for delivery outside the Boston district, which require it, and on those for delivery within the district, which do not require it. Apparently...
...last few years. The vociferous martyrdom of Dr. Scott Nearing in the cause of "acadamic freedom," coupled with its demands for three-cent fares in these times of rising operating costs and his recent connection with the People's Council, cast doubt upon the value of his protestations; but certainly there are few more progressive, independent, and pro-American men than Professor Beard, and his clear and voluntary protest should have some effect toward placing the proper forces in control of Dr. Butler and Columbia. C. LAPORTE...