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...case mildly. Of the eleven members of the commission, ten subscribe to the general recommendations, which are dry in effect and in implication. But six members, in the individual opinions which all had the privilege of setting forth, strike a note not at all in accord with the conclusions of the committee as a whole. Two of them advocate absolute repeal, and the four others would have the Amendment revised to lodge with Congress the power to (1) continue the present system of national prohibition, or (2) to remit the matter in whole or in part to the States...
...stimulation of individual initiative which this plan is to encourage is something to be sought after by all colleges. The student who learns something of his own accord retains his knowledge much longer and has a much clearer idea of the subject. In the training of the mind this voluntary learning has a definite advantage since the student has to choose his own subjects for study and must then exercise judgment...
...Abolition of the Franco-Belgian military accord of 1920 is vitally important in forwarding the cause of international disarmament and world peace. While the accord contains no secret clause, there is danger that Belgium . . . might eventually be entangled in armed conflict against her will, consequent upon events happening either along the Polish or Italian frontiers...
...Another favorite bludgeon is a fire-extinguisher, often applied to students who "freeze" the controls. According to a legend popular among airmen, Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd had to use similar tactics when he discovered that brain-fogged Pilot Bert Acosta was stubbornly steering a course "back to America" after they had reached the coast of France. Biographer Charles J. V. Murphy (Struggle: The Life of Commander Byrd) delicately pictures Acosta collapsing of his own accord, while Byrd stands reluctantly brandishing a flashlight as a bludgeon...
...ideals and intellectual accomplishments." Many a university official agreed in principle with Dr. Butler, few with his proposal as it stood. Forthright in approval were Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth Brown of New York University ("Would be glad to enter such a combination"); President Daniel L. Marsh of Boston University ("Full accord"); President William Wistar Comfort of Haverford College ("Perfectly evident"). Less sure of the scheme as it stood were Dean of Men Fraser Metzger of Rutgers University ("Dr. Butler's position . . . is well founded"); President Ernest Martin Hopkins of Dartmouth ("Certainly worth considering"); President Thomas Sovereign Gates of University...