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...seven tomorrow evening at the Arena; for playing a game two days before a Blue-Crimson contest has not been the usual policy. The Yale team, however, is not expected to offer finished competition Saturday, but the game with the B. A. A. will be a test for the Crimson. Although the club team has lost once this winter to the University by a 4-1 score, the game was played early in the season before B. A. A. had profited by more than a day or two of practice. Since then they have improved remarkably, and, though losing once...
...once on the scene, are formidable obstacles to a successful performance on the part of the squad. Comparison with Yale's magnificent Carnegie Pool is ludicrous. Other colleges, regardless of their size, recognize the importance of swimming, and possess pools of their own. Brown and Columbia Universities require a test of proficiency in the water to secure a degree. Harvard stands alone in its apathy...
Some time ago we excluded Chinese laborers; we have legislated to check Japanese immigration; specific cases from other countries are barred and a law was recently passed creating a literacy test for admission. But the query arises: is this enough? Circumstances today warrant drastic measures if our industries are once more to be placed on a firm basis. It would appear that a temporary restraint on immigration would do much to lessen the present plague of unemployment...
...used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger, that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent." "The point is, that Judge Westenhaver did not instruct the jury according to the Supreme Court test (as voiced by Justice Holmes) at all, but allowed Debs to be found guilty, in Justice Holmes' words, because of the natural tendency and reasonably probable effect of the speech--so that the defendant could have been and probably was, convicted for an exposition of Socialism...
...competition, the average team candidate has always gone out on the tennis court with the sole idea of winning his practice match. Repetition of scores will be discouraged this year as no weight will be given to the results of practice matches. There will be two weeks of test matches previous to the Southern trip to determine the line...