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Zigmond was in complete accord with McQuade's belief that religion was not a faith to be believed, but a life to be lived...
...least controlling, the liberty of its masses; yet are we not, in denouncing the communists, denying their liberty to do this? It would seem therefore that we merely befriend liberty in a relative way; i.e. by granting the liberty (within the limits of law) to all in accord with us; Thus, in opposing communism as such, we are also a tyranny, and thus cannot pretend to represent true liberty in the first place (e.g. in being as supra-liberal minded; as the CRIMSON, so as to exclude opposed views...
Presidents of the eight Ivy Group colleges met at the University Club in New York Dec. 18th, but in accord with usual custom no announcements were issued as to what went on behind the closed doors...
...good part of America laxity in this area is the fault of administrators who do not accord it as important a position in the curriculum as it deserves. A good part too is the fault of teachers who make language training an unpleasant chore or merely a set of grammatical constructs. Some strides are being made in speaking the language from the start--the easiest, fastest, most thorough and most enjoyable way to learn; as the language becomes meaningful and can overcome a student's natural laziness or disinterest. It is still not enough to provide a much-needed tool...
Robert Burns followed his regimen so strenuously that at his death in 1796, he was known not only as Caledonia's bard but as the Scottish Casanova. Popular legend made him a victim of wine, women and song. Less censorious, and more in accord with modern views, Byron saw Burns forever riding the pendulum of a split personality: "Sentiment, sensuality, soaring and groveling, dirt and deity." Some of the best evidence for and against Burns the man-his robust, personable letters-has been sifted for the first time in two decades by a Brooklyn College English professor, DeLancey Ferguson...