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In an era when smug, triumphant conservatism is more dominant in politics than it has been for a generation, it is not surprising to find a new type of liberalism being advocated by the New Republic. The liberalism of the future, the editors insist must be of the cautious, experimental...
That inveterate prowler among palaces, Mr. Arthur H. Beaven, unearthed the following surprising secret as long ago as 1901: "There is now an electrophone communication between York House and the leading London theatres in order that the Duke and Duchess of York may listen to the various entertainments in the...
The most encouraging, but nevertheless, surprising development in this newly aroused discussion has been contributed by the undergraduate publications of several great Eastern colleges. Spurred by an editorial appearing in the Harvard CRIMSON which, after deploring the absurd overemphasis now placed on intercollegiate football contests, advocated such drastic reforms as...
Nor is this situation surprising. Majorities have proved themselves poor rulers; easily controlled by those clever enough, and wealthy enough to pay the advertising rates for propaganda; incapable of choosing able leaders, or making sound decisions on any but the broadest questions of policy. When the Machiavellian doctrines of the...
Under these conditions it is not surprising that some of those persons who are always looking for a chance to commercialize a popular thing should have turned their attention to football. They are working on the theory that if college football will attract between 50,000 and 80,000 persons...