Word: arguments
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Congratulations on an excellent expose ol the fallacies in the Neo-Malthusian school of economists' argument in reference to population and food supply [TIME, Nov. 8] Those chappies are long on theory and dialectic, short on soil science...
...same is not true of the girls. Not only would joint exams upset them emotionally (they claim), but they would mean a practical end to their honor system, a highly prized privilege at the Annex. Against this, the administration puts the argument that exams with Harvard are no noisier than separate tests where the girls can come and go unwatched. They also claim that joint exams give Radcliffe a chance to ask professors questions...
There was a time when any Thanksgiving editorial worth a small drumstick had to discuss the pros and cons of President Roosevelt's New Deal Turkey Trot, and whether or not such a holiday shift was in the best interests of society. An early Thanksgiving, went the argument, was convenient for the Christmas Card and affiliated industries, but worked hardships on the farmer who fattened his fowl. If the editorial writer were sufficiently steamed up, he might lose all sight of mince-meat, hard sauce, and associated victuals in his chase after a good solution...
...CRIMSON did not participate in these discussions, perhaps assuming at the time that no editorial whatsoever was a blessing more in accord with the season than any argument could hope to be. By now it seems that society has withstood the ordeal, and the question of "when" is as dry as last year's wishbone. What about the purpose of thanksgiving...
Supreme Court Justice Harold H. Burton presided at the session, which consisted of oral argument of a case testing the right of a Federal Court to enjoin a district attorney from prosecuting under the Taft-Hartley Act a union which bought newspaper space and radio time to endorse a candidate for federal office. The two clubs had previously submitted briefs on the same issue...