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...practical distinction is made between children born in or out of wedlock and either sort have legal claim to paternal support. Theoretically the Russian law is a sharp curb to carnality, since no man wants his entire income to be claimed by promiscuous children. Last week, however, a test case was curiously decided in Moscow when 10 unmarried mothers claimed support for their 32 children from a rich peasant, Ivan Bourov. In Bourov's case, the Court laid down a broad, general principal: "One third of a citizen's income is the maximum percentage which can be claimed...
...ultimate results of the Reading Period will be determined by each individual--each man constituting in his own case the best judge. A concrete test will come in the shape of the mid-year and final examinations. But even now, after five days' trial of the plan, one thing has been proved: the halls of learning have not been deserted in wholesale fashion. Whatever else has happened, reading is being done Whether that reading is accomplishing any permanent results is a question for the future. But anyone who doubts the ability of the undergraduate to rise voluntarily before...
...novelty for the American college to make such definite adjustment to the secondary school's preparation, but Mohammed had shown no signs of coming to the mountain, and the mountain must needs move. In examinations for college the I. Q. and the scholastic aptitude test have their place, but none of these tell whether the freshman possesses a knowledge of note taking and a scholarly disclaim of the historical anecdote. The plan of the University of Buffalo at least prepares the unequipped before their hour is at hand...
...annual Knights of Columbus meet, to be held in Boston on December 21, will be the first to test the track men, who will run in most of the important meets of the indoor season...
...jurors were so touched by Defendant Remus's description of how he spent last Christmas in prison that they petitioned to have him set free at once without waiting for the test, required by law, to see if he was sane enough to be at large. Refusal of this petition did not daunt Mr. Remus. He received kisses and congratulations from the jurors in his cell and hysterically pledged the rest of his life to "stifling the insult which is upon our statutes known as the National Prohibition...