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...like all milleniums a system of education without grades is a thing to be approached and never attained. Ideals and ambitions differ; and certainly the follower of learning for learning's sake who hobbles along with four B's and a C, is in no position to criticise the scholar who finds satisfaction in being in Group I for the mere pleasure of leading. The trouble is that these two individuals with their differing points of view are subjected to the same mechanical system and to adapt themselves to this system they must abandon their individualism...
...author's requests. One cannot protest that he has met the District Attorney so many times "before that he really would prefer a change; likewise the counsel for the defense; and the Irish detective. But the woman in the jury box is a newcomer, and for her sake it was that this program of events was scheduled...
...March, Mrs. Harding had been confined to the White House by severe illness. Then she accompanied the President on his trip to Florida, which apparently improved her health. It was known during the Spring that the President was willing to give up his contemplated trip to Alaska for the sake of Mrs. Harding's health. Nevertheless she insisted that the trip should take place, and declined firmly to be exempted from any of the rigors of the speaking tour across the country...
...Bureau evidently intends to go on with its plans. Meanwhile, in parts of the South the attitude of the Alabama whites is found incomprehensible. In Louisiana, for example, the attitude is: "For goodness' sake, let the Negroes take care of themselves! We don't want whites to have...
...Fellows and a Girl. A girl, on fire in two places with two equal flames of love, directs the contenders to flip a coin for her favor. For her sake (and for the sake of the play) the gentlemen comply. The winner marches her off to church...