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...suffering from the disinterest in letters. With a comparatively small circulation and an aversion to popular advertising, it was recently in danger of being suspended. Fortunately, it does not now appear that this will have to be. A new editor has been appointed who promises well to uphold its excellent traditions. Seniors, after graduation, may find this magazine a notable addition to their list of periodicals...
...Cornell will debate next Saturday night at 9.30: "Resolved, that the foreign indictment of American culture is justified." As Prof. ("Be a Snob") Rogers of M.I.T. will preside, and the discussion will be broadcast, a large unseen audience will attend. It is gratifying to know that the Crimson will uphold our culture...
...present American party system is the most ingenious yet devised to obscure any question of vital interest to the voter. It is no wonder that politics as a vocation is rather unpopular among American college graduates. If only for the reason of some definite set of principles to uphold and fight for, the radical and progressive minorities offer much stronger attractions to the politically minded than do those amorphous conglomerations labelled Democratic and Republican...
Small Cuba held up the whole League of Nations one day last week, but Cuba's holdupman was not small. Like some mighty Mutt he roared defiance at a little Jeff from Greece who sought to uphold League prestige. Surveying the somewhat comic champions, spectators beheld: in this corner tall, 175-lb. Senor Don Orestes Ferrara whose regular job is Cuban Ambassador at Washington; in that corner foxy, 135-lb. Dr. Nicolas Politis, agile Athenian word-wangler...
...Dame University, said: "Behind a great football team there must be an intellectual and moral background, and while a first-rate college can function successfully without football, a good football team always goes with a good college. Athletes look to the greatness of a college and are inspired to uphold its intellectual and moral prestige." Soft Drinks, Sandwiches. In commenting on his announcement that henceforth the University of Washington will eliminate courses of a vocational or trade nature, said President Matthew Lyle Spencer: "In other words, it is our belief that education in a university should not do for society...