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...concentration involved in taking a final Honour course is not very straitlaced, as Dr. Brinton's own example shows. The much abused word "history" includes economics, political philosophy and constitutional law; and in practice a wide knowledge of the literature and art of the periods studied is expected and catered for by the examiners. On the other hand, the study of botany together with biblical exegesis and Roman law is discouraged as not conducive to assimilation by the intellect whereby men see life steadly and see it whole...
...Auditorium, Washington, five boys and two girls gave decisive orations on the U. S. Constitution?the finals of a Nation-wide prize contest sponsored by leading newspapers. John Hays Hammond presided, ranks of eminent men flanked the rostrum. Before the speeches began, the President mounted the platform, delivered an address on the gratifying support which the people had given the Constitution at the last election, departed...
...drive against evolution is not confined to the backwoods of Tennessee, but is nation-wide. Oklahoma passed a law against teaching evolution in the schools, many states will hire no teachers who believe in evolution, while not a few states require by law that the King James Bible with its account of the creation in the Book of Genesis shall be read an taught. Similarly appalling is the list of states where anti-evolutionist laws like that of Tennessee are pending. Florida, Mississippi, Georgia, West Virginia, Arkansas, California, lowa, Illiginia, North Dakota, Minnesota, Oregon, and Arizona...
...Bell System has available this year a number of positions affording a wide choice of work and location for qualified college men. For men of Arts and Science training, these positions involve both the direction of business operations and the development and analysis of economic and business data...
...discussion of academic policy that different departments require different organizations. Science may never use the tutorial system. Economics will never use it in the same form as Fine Arts. Departments must work out details within their own limits. The most that we can do here is to draw a wide boundary...