Word: allowables
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Languages were forced in their Senior year not only to prepare for Divisionals and a thesis, but were also required to take examinations in the Bible, Shakespeare, and the Ancient Authors. This was patently an unjustly heavy burden and in response to much pressure the Departmental chiefs consented to allow Juniors to take these examinations if they desired. This move is but a minor improvement and the chief evil still remains,--as it is still necessary to take all of these examinations within a week...
...their monopoly, yet the studies continue to gush forth their maudlin mush oblivious of the fate of the exhibitors or the displeasure of the audiences. A system of single picture booking would not eliminate all inferior productions, but it most certainly, would raise the general level and would allow the theatre owners to select pictures on the basis of their merits and popular appeal. Such a system can be instituted only through federal legislation which would make block booking illegal and would place the movies on the same competitive basis as that of other industries...
...consider it a deliberate "selling out" on the part of Harvard to allow this a deliberate countenancing of a prostitution of our ideas and ideals...
Under the new Italian-model Constitution, effective April 1, all power will "emanate from God the Almighty." The Head of State will be advised by four councils (political, ecclesiastical & educational, commercial, provincial). He, his Chancellor and Cabinet will initiate all legislation, allow or refuse plebiscites, change the Constitution at will; and he may dismiss his Chancellor and Cabinet at will. A Federal Chamber made up of members of the four councils will accept or reject his laws, without comment. The Head of State will control all universities and schools, newspapers, theatres and broadcasting stations. He will maintain the Catholic Church...
...receive its beneficial results. This is the sort of logic upon which was based the old system of restrictions and regulations of all sorts. Dr. Eliot devoted himself to a destruction of this philosophy and the substitution of the current principles which place responsibility upon the individual and allow him maximum freedom to exercise his personal preferences. Compulsory physical exercise is in direct contradiction to this modern climate of opinion and should be abandoned. Freshmen should be offered facilities for exercise in informal groups such as those which now participate in House sports. Such an informal program has the added...