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...point, that the sale of outlines infringes on the rights of authors, is not only a justifiable one, but opens the sole practicable line of attack against the tutoring bureaus. The argument, however, remains justifiable only so long as the books assigned in courses remain suitable. This they have not altogether been: in some cases the books recommended or required in various fields are ridiculously expensive; in other cases, they are wretchedly written, far too long, and almost demand an auxiliary outline in order successfully to be utilized. When such conditions arise, the bureaus are almost justified, in their claims...
Dartmouth College, having experimented for twelve years with the selective process of admissions, has now decided to extend, it as the sole basis for choosing applicants. Prospective freshmen will be considered on individual standards, entrance unit requirements are to be abolished, and the approved school will become a vestigial organ in Hanover. The decision comes as the result of a feeling that the present qualifications are both impersonal and meaningless, and is intended to exert a humanizing influence upon the somewhat Prussian character of admission brochures...
...among the chief implications of personalized admission is an increased flexibility in standards. If this purpose were not in the background, admission rules and a selective system need not be mutually exclusive, for inflexible standards might be applied and a personal evaluation made of the survivors. As the sole system in use, selective admission must lower standards, and the decline must be reflected in the secondary schools whose graduation requirements are already painfully lax. The present college courses which provide a wearying knowledge of elementary dates, elementary syntax, and even more elementary English composition are the result of that laxity...
...frankly the sole purpose, or should be the sole purpose, of the Phillips Brooks House Peace Poll to keep public attention sharply focused on the futility and cruelty of war and thus to combat the weathering effects of time; for any value of such a petition as anti-militaristic propaganda is obviated by the prevalence of peace. And, however much one may be tempted to discount the validity of the resulting opinions on the score of the irresponsibility of youth in college and in peace time, there can be no doubt that such movements are most vital to the maintenance...
...currencies will be stabilized on some common basis, and accordingly will be more open-minded to a reconsideration of the Empire isolation policy cemented at the Ottawa Conference. France's position on the monetary exchange is considerably jeepardized by Roosevelt's action, since it leaves her as the sole large power still on the gold standard. She will naturally endeavor earnestly to convince America through the overtures of Herriot to climb aboard the gold standard again...