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...projected reform which is as yet only tentative, in theory would seem to be a progressive and worth-while move which would allow students to proceed in their education at a rate more in accord with individual mental capacities than is possible under present conditions. A difficulty present itself, however, in finding a more accurate gauge of qualities, as intangible as a student's "mental capacity", and "reaction to the university's opportunities" than exists under the credit system which President Hutchins wishes to supplant. Such a gauge is necessarily the foundation on which the new system must rest...
...pith of his address was an enthusiastic plea for accord with the Far East. Speaking of East Indians, Chinese and Japanese, he declared: "They like to feel their arts and culture generally are appreciated by the western world, and are disposed to look upon us as inclined more to the material and rather neglectful of their arts. The more we can show our appreciation of these things, the better the understanding will be. ... It is also essential that they understand that we care more for their arts and culture than they give us credit...
...master of ceremonies. One wonders if Paul's ears would stay struck to his head should by mischance this broad gleam of jollity be clouded by a serious mood. Anyway, it is hoped that such a tragedy will never happen because if he and his wife are always in accord as they are when doing tap dances, there will never be a necessity for anything but smiles...
Pleasant. It is "a commonplace that the older materialistic and mechanistic concepts of physics have been abandoned in favor of a dynamic view of the world with which religion finds itself very much in accord...
...National Bank of Cleveland, one of the first labor banks in the U. S. Last week it was announced that Engineers' National would be one of three banks to be purchased by Citizens Bank and Trust Co., now being organized. Sale of Engineers' National is in accord with the Brotherhood's recent decision to retire from active banking. On the Pacific Coast, Brotherhood banks in San Francisco and the Northwest have been bought by Calitalo Investment Co., a holding company. With the passing of Engineers' National there will be only two national banks in Cleveland, where...