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...granting the evils of the open saloon, or of alcohol under any disguise, the question still remains, what is feasible--not what ought to be. If it be found that tomorrow's citizens will drink as well as those of today, it is futile to continue under the present veil of public abstinence and private indulgence. There is no doubt but what a widespread consumption of liquor is an economic and social problem, and is in fact well recognized as such, but if the country is not prepared for such a plunge as the Volstead Act represents, a more moderate...
...particularly apt examples of this, with no assurance that the efficiency will be any greater next year. The plan of holding these examinations for Seniors in the fall instead of the spring was an improvement, but unfortunately the benefit to be derived from it is much diminished by the veil of mystery that hangs over the examinations. On the one side, Seniors should be notified early in September of the exact time of examination, so the souls made a bit callous to academic minutial by a summer of freedom may be properly filled with dread before the week...
...Paris Latin Quarter not far from the grey, ornate pile of the Church of Saint Sulpice, newsgatherers waited last week for Father Jean Verdier, a modest little priest who for years has guided the thoughts and prepared the minds of hundreds of young women preparing to take the veil at the novitiate school of St. Sulpice...
...news is new to the majority it only throws into sharper relief the veil of darkness which has clung like the Eleusinian mysteries over the social ideal so cannily supported by a foreign financial power. For with no uncertain show of favoritism, select groups of men have already been let in on the secret while the rest loiter about the doors of the exclusive House Plan Club and wait with a degree of hopefulness such as attended the coming of the Ford...
...veil of gloom which has hovered over the Harvard football camp during the past week seems to have been dissipated. With practically its full strength available for this afternoon game, the Crimson eleven will face the Florida team at 2 o'clock...