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...Roman Empire: the disappearance of its intelligentsia. The havoc among the older generation of the educated classes has been frightful. . . . But it is the outlook for the future that is darkest. . . . The youth ... is being brought up to act mechanically, not to think; to shout, not to reflect; to respond like trained animals to definite stimuli. ... A revolution of moral nihilism has engulfed the continent...
...last argument claims that "there would be a lowering of standards if Generals were offered both at mid-years and at the end of the year." This does not reflect on the Seniors in question, but on those who make out the exams. The Seniors are allowed "no lowering of course reductions," so the argument falls back to the "heavy burden on the faculty...
Price Administrator Leon Henderson last week took note of this inflationary threat. Price rises, he warned retailers, "should in no case reflect more than the actual dollar amount of the . . . excise tax." But retail merchants paid him little mind. Most of them went merrily on their way, marking...
Concludes Mr. Dulles: "In its present form, the [Roosevelt-Churchill] Declaration seems to reflect primarily the conceptions of the old sovereignty system. It follows too closely the pattern of Versailles, without, however, any of the liberalizing international institutions which that treaty sought to bring into existence. . . . We are entitled to expect a bold approach to the problem of peace. It has been demonstrated, beyond doubt, that the old system of many disconnected sovereignties, each a law unto itself, inevitably breeds war. We must not keep humanity chained to such a wheel. Laying aside timidity, adding practicality to sentimentality, we must...
...carelessly worded message which could be misinterpreted could change the situation from good clean fun into something which would reflect badly upon the individual and the college. We ask your cooperation! Anne Wilder, Director Press Bureau, Mount Holyoke College...