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...enabled them to appear as martyrs in their cause. She has, moreover, persistently maintained an unconciliatory attitude and to some extent denied to Miss Berkman the privilege which she has herself exercised of presenting her case to the press. The police probably added to the error by arresting the wrong persons...
...students respect scholars like Professor Copeland the more for the interest which they take in their students, there can be no hesitation in saying that "contacts" are a major part of an education. Facts are soon forgotten, but men and their ideals are long remembered. Mr. Burns is wrong in his analysis of the relation between the undergraduate and his instructor, but he is entirely right in assuming that such a relation should naturally be one of friendship...
...desert such a practice. The ordinance did not apply to him. . . . The section relating to public worship upon the streets had reference to religious services of some kind and did not include the attempt of the defendant to show that for centuries the majority of us have been wrong. . . . Worship means any form of religious service, showing reverence for the Divine Being...
...discredit. Federal investigators of conditions have prophesied that increased construction of state highways here, bringing rural communities into closer touch with the judicial machinery, will curtail mob action. Anything destructive of the sentiment which motivates such action must be welcome. Representative Crisp's move, a step in the wrong direction, may be pleasing to his constituents. If he does not share their feeling he is a demagogue; if he does, little can be said for the type of education which Georgia afforded...
...When I see girders snap off like pretzels, I know something is wrong," carped Congressman Boland shortly after witnessing the mishap which befell the U. S. S. Akron last February and laid her up for nearly two months for repairs. But nothing was wrong. Last week Lakehurst mechanics were stitching the last bit of fabric to the Akron's torn skin, finished tinkering her broken fin. When Lieut Commander Rosendahl barks "Up ship!" as he sails to join the Fleet in the Pacific next week, his ship will rise as sound and airworthy as ever...