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...Sutherland and Butler appear to be almost reactionary, and there is no indication that Justice Sanford holds views so advanced as those of ex-Justice Clarke. President Harding has already appointed four out of nine members of the court, and may reasonably be expected to have the opportunity to select the successors of the two senior members-Justices McKenna and Holmes. Since his appointment by President Roosevelt in 1902, Justice Holmes has been the most radical member of the court, not even excepting Justice Brandeis, whose selection by President Wilson was the occasion of considerable discussion. After the departure...
...report. The report itself admitted that its proposals were tentative in many respects. It was pointed out yesterday that the larger objective is to build a University which will "attract the more ambitious intellects". But the whole move is made on the assumption that examinations and school records will select the more ambitious intellects and not merely the more capacious. Furthermore, it seems to assumes that purely mental training is the whole function of a college. It neglects the old idea that a liberal education should concern character and appreciation as well as learning. The question seems pertinent. Does Harvard...
Many battery combinations have been tried by Coach Davidson in order to select the best duet and providing that most of the batters on the Huntington nine are right handed, D. G. Casto, a left-handed twirler, is likely to start the contest. Casto's previous experience consists of three years' mound work for Roxbury Latin. F. K. Nash, R. W. Puffer Jr. and P. E. Mosely are other pitching candidates who may be called upon for part of the game...
...more than all, there is Professor Thomas. Admiral Goodrich would reproduce the system as well as may be without the Professor. He would weed out the unfit and set them to their proper tasks. The fit he would educate to greater fitness. And throughout the process he would select and choose and apply, avoiding as he would the devil the folly of "trying to make high-speed tools out of pig iron...
...already ben introduced into Congress to relieve this condition. The object of the bill is to make all appeals, except those in certain kinds of cases, " as of grace and not of right." In other words, the Court will have the right to go over the cases presented and select for consideration only those which it considers important. By this means the Court will be able to secure the leisure necessary for the proper consideration of its important decisions...