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...looks forward, therefore, to having more human liberty on this continent, not less. To this end he may wish to make radical changes in the political and economic structure of America. Like Thomas Jefferson, when he abolished primogeniture, a citizen of this republic may today wish to swing an axe against the root of privilege. But he will do so only that a greater number of citizens may be free with in large limits, free to carry the responsibilities as well as to enjoy the benefits of modern civilization. It is because we have come to realize the confusing complexities...
Despite the axe of wartime necessity which hangs over the head of intercollegiate sports, basketball coach Earl Brown will, in a few days, approach the H.A.A. with the proposal that Harvard ho the first Eastern university to experiment with the "crow's nest" system of officiating, a much discussed innovation from out of the West...
...good one. In recent years the superiority of the New York Yankees has been one of the firmest beliefs in American thought. People had faith in the Yankees as they had faith in their folk lore: Joe DiMaggio's bat was the modern equivalent of Paul Bunyan's axe, Joe McCarthy in the Stadium was like U. S. Grant was Vicksburg. Now the idol has fallen, and millions have become cynical. If the Yankees can lose, what can you believe...
...fall exodus played a large part in decreasing the size of the upperclass half of the college. Of the 3364 men registered by yesterday, a large majority were Freshmen and Sophomores, on whom the axe of the 20th birthday had not fallen...
Called "The Professor off the Platform," this series of broadcasts is designed to give students a chance to argue with professors, and, Network officials say, "even to grind their favorite axe." Future programs will bring only in the social science course, but before the mike faculty members not also in most of the popular neids of study in the catologue...