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...decisive action. Mohandas Gandhi has always been convinced that India would eventually get more from Britain by moderation, discussion, compromise, delay. He argues that dominion status after Europe's war would be better than the repression which would surely follow an immediate violent Indian revolt. The Congress was split wide open: the followers of Mahatma Gandhi on the one hand, the advocates of activism-ranging all the way from Communists through middle-of-the-road Moslems to extreme Conservatives-on the other. The situation was tense because the latter were led by Subhas Chandra Bose, the only Indian...
Through long evolution, the various functions of the Dean's Office have been split up among the eight College deans, though most crucial problems ultimately find their way to Dean Hanford's desk. To keep in touch with undergraduates, the University Hall mentors last year held more than 6,720 conferences with students, kept them waiting for at least 1,120 hours on the back-breaking benches in University...
Second exemption will benefit the student who is doing work tested by the C. E. E. B. before his last year. In this case the prospective Freshman is allowed to split his four examinations over his last two years. In both cases Gummere said that the University would not follow these steps if it did not have the recommendation of the candidate's school...
...Dealers rallied or split right down this line. Montana's Murray, Florida's Pepper, Indiana's Minton, Washington's Schwellenbach, Pennsylvania's Guffey, Illinois' Lucas, New Jersey's Smathers-every man-jack a 100% New Dealer, and every one the beneficiary or sponsor of a State machine-bitterly fought the pure-politics bill...
...Francisco's Hotel Mark Hopkins in a new role: pacifier. Problem Mr. Ickes had come to pacify: California's besieged Governor Culbert Olson wanted to name & head a Term III ticket in the May 7 primary. So did Warhorse William Gibbs McAdoo, now a shipping magnate. A split progressive vote would put sand in the bandwagon's axles, might let John Garner's delegates romp home ahead. A Donald Duck for publicity purposes only, Secretary Ickes now quacked hard sense to a dozen assorted California Democrats in 36 crowded hours, got them to agree...