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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...alumni and faculty of the University of Wisconsin, the mouth of a gift horse is not, as it is for the University's regents, a proper subject for squeamish scrutiny. Since the regents resolved never again to accept "gifts, donations or subsidies from any incorporated educational endowments or organizations of like character" (TIME, Aug. 17), the alumni and faculty have held meetings, condemned the resolution, prepared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Not Serious | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

...people of St. Paul, at least the more intelligent of them, have long been dissatisfied with The St. Paul Pioneer Press. They hoped that Mayor Nelson was too. A month ago the publishers of the Pioneer Press invited Mayor Nelson to edit their paper for one day. He accepted. And 'the more Intelligent People hoped that he would put some foreign news in it, take the fog out of it, compress it, organize it, speed it up. Doubtless he knew a thing or two about newspaper editing or he would not have been asked to take-or accept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: In St. Paul | 10/26/1925 | See Source »

...arrange the songs of other colleges suitably would involve considerable expense, and we do not feel that we are discourteous in failing to play the visitors songs at the early games of the season. Certainly every effort is made to procure the required song, but we must accept conditions as they are. It might be interesting to ascertain the number of college songs besides "Our Director" which the Holy Cross Band, for example, plays...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: No Discourtesy | 10/24/1925 | See Source »

...charge ever brought against Goethe is less well founded than the charge of irreligion. The truth is that Goethe is the most religious of modern poets. To be sure, if you understand by religion merely the acceptance of the dogmas, Goethe was not religious, for he did not accept dogmas. Like Jacob of old he wrestled with the Lord...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GOETHE IS CLEAREST AND MOST HELPFUL THINKER OF MODERN TIMES, SAYS WALZ | 10/22/1925 | See Source »

...pragmatic, he believe that what works best is best. And, since bunkum is effective, bunkum is best. To fool most of the people most of the time is all that Mr. Mencken can desire. Of course, that is rather simple with the people so guileless, so ready to accept the guff of the grandiloquent...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MENCKEN'S MENTAL MARIBOU'S | 10/19/1925 | See Source »

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