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...majority of the Freshmen will doubtlessly stay where they belong,--in the classroom, in the small conference groups, and in the lecture halls. They will do the outside work assigned to them, but little more. In most cases it will be wise to assign but little outside work. The men of greater ability and avidity however, will be less likely to loaf, for there will be something more to do after the easy B's and easier C's are collected...
...Bolivar's internationalism was due to the fact that he was married in Madrid, first swore in Rome to fight Spain, visited France, Britain, the U. S., was once self-exiled to Jamaica. Professor N. Andrew N. Cleven of the University of Pittsburgh has written: "We may safely assign to Simon Bolivar a foremost place among the great of the world." The world last week honored Bolivar as follows: U. S.: President Hoover sent a message, Secretary of State Stimson laid a wreath at the Pan American Union building in Washington. In New York, Patrick Cardinal Hayes officiated...
Though it was the last created (1913) and hence the "lowest" in rank, the Labor portfolio is easily the fourth most ticklish for a President to assign. His Treasury choice, most ticklish, must have the approval of the American Bankers' Association and Big Business at large. Next most ticklish is picking an Attorney General and on this Presidents invariably consult the American Bar Association. Secretary of State is of less definite, more external importance, causing a President to calculate how his Administration will be regarded by other nations. Then, having suited Capital, Bench & Bar, and the World at Large...
...ability rarely seen on any gridiron. It is practically impossible for one tackler to bring him down, and it is not until he has been boxed in successfully by several men that he is effectively stopped. It is not because of any desire to injure him that opposing teams assign two or three to go after him but rather because of necessity, since Booth's runs have to be stopped in the making, otherwise they will be disastrous to the opposing team...
...hospice on the highest point, 8000 ft., decreed that it should stand as a haven for all travelers. Several years later he founded another hospice, in the Little St. Bernard pass which runs from Bourg St. Maurice to Aosta. During a visit to Rome, he petitioned the Pope to assign the charge to the Augustinian monks. Today there are about 40 St. Bernard brothers, some at the Great Pass, some at the Little Pass, some in neighboring parishes...