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...Strijdom becomes Prime Minister . . ." With Malan's backing, Dönges won. To soften the blow to the Boer fanatics in the party, Malan delivered a two-hour lecture full of surefire sniping at the British crown. "The South African Parliament," he thundered, "can abolish the monarchy with one vote. If our appeal court judges declared a [Boer] republic invalid, I hope I would still have enough breath left in my body to break such judges . . . " He added, as if to explain his choice of Dönges, "A republic will not be the work of hotheads. Impatience would...
...many infractions that go unobserved as proof that the honor system primarily honors only the principle of expediency. The Radcliffe library is an oft-cited example. There is no attendant at the door to check for stealing; last year 209 books were taken. Library authorities have threatened to abolish this aspect of the honor system if the record does not improve this year...
...been much more successful than the report seems to indicate. Freshmen need orientation in the habits of living, the values of the institution, the nature of knowledge and the importance of study. It has been doing exceptionally well, and while it can be improved, it should not be abolished as the committee suggests. This one excellent thing that we have in the United States they want to abolish...
...other hand, the lawyer for Delaware declared that Congress never intended that the Amendment should affect public school segregation, asserting that the use of the Amendment to abolish segregation in schools would be to give it a meaning "directly contrary to that given by its framers." As support for this belief, he pointed out that a majority of the congressmen in 1868, when the Amendment was passed, were from states that favored segregation and they would never have agreed to submit the Amendment if they had believed it would invalidate segregation...
...work of individuals and social agencies. But, if this is so, then it is all the more important that the government, within its sphere, should not condone any from of inequality. Separate schools are not equal except in the most superficial sense of the word. The Supreme Court should abolish them now that it has the opportunity...