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...there was something more to the visit. In the War, Mussolini and d'Annunzio, as far as they knew, had been in perfect accord fighting at the front. After the War, the accord was continued until the latter stepped out and seized Fiume. After that, when he had become the hero of Fiume, he retired to Gardone. and has never since left it. From his mountain stronghold, he has frowned upon Fascism, or has been thought to frown. Nobody really knows. Not even a principality cleared the situation. At one moment, he appears solidly against Fascism, at another indifferent...
That a spirit of accord generally exists between tutor and student is amply attested by the fact that no steps toward compulsory attendance have been necessary in our whole experience with conferences...
...theses, these three papers, are really attempting to sting the student out of his docility. The good student is always an "intractable animal" and how to get rid of him" is the eternal problem of education. With the general theses of these papers most of us are in entire accord. William James said much of it years ago in his memorable essay about the "Octopus", but more power to those who think that it is worth saying over again, forever, in all its permutations and combinations...
...doubt he saw the hostility of the Senate to the measure; accord- ingly, he suggested−since it was a case affecting the vital interests of the country and demanding careful deliberation−that discussion of the Bill be indefinitely delayed. The Senators readily agreed−a remarkable victory for the Premier, as they had seemed certain to defeat the measure...
...offer of the dormitories is to be named Mower Hall in accord with the wishes of Sara E. Mower. She bequeathed to the University a fund with the request that it be used for a building in the memory of her father. Thomas G. Mower of the class of 1810. The fund is not fully sufficient for the cost but the balanced as well as the entire cost of Lionel Hall are to be paid for by gifts made for this special purpose...