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...same hands. But there have been signs recently that the Athletic Committee for one is determined not to allow such a condition to develop, that it realizes that ultimately all responsibility for major decisions rest on its shoulders and that the sub-committees can do nothing of wide importance without its considered study and approval. The latest action is doubly significant--significant first in that, unlike some important decisions of the past, this decision was not announced until after the Athletic Committee had studied and approved it, and secondly in that it brings one of the major sports, more than...
Most college men regard the realm of the psychic only as an inexhaustible mine of rather interesting stories, and a "medium" as a species of charlatan earning a living by making giggling girls jump. In view of this wide-spread "he-man" contempt of such stories "authorized by a grandam", it is surprising that Professor MacDougall received as many as six hundred replies out of the fifteen hundred questionnaires which he sent forth...
...century has passed since President Monroe sent Congress the message that: "The occasion has been judged proper for asserting as a principle ... that the American continents ... are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power." The nation-wide observance of this centenary will emphasize the doctrine's importance in American foreign policy; yet its discussion will be important only if it serves to direct public attention to the affairs of South America. Since its promulgation the doctrine has been invoked to support the foreign policy of the United States in almost every conceivable situation...
...Attained World-Wide Attention...
...prime requisite, therefore, is to get real leaders--men of wide education and ability, men who can understand the feelings of the various sections of the country and yet have the strength to make up their own minds and draw their parties after them. In fact the foundation of liberal and conservative parties to replace the present system, while easy to talk about, is quite impossible to achieve unless leaders arise of such force of character as to amalgamate them by their own efforts. Roosevelt almost made a Progressive party, but with his death, the party died...