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Of course the benighted will say, with the cynicism which is born of cerebral nebulosity, that the debaters being philosophers will not necessarily say anything new about democracy. Perhaps they won't; but what of it? The mere pleasure of hearing such men as Will Durant and Bertrand Russell in...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 10/11/1927 | See Source »

Last week the Journal of the A. M. A. in announcing the joint Chicago meeting of those "outlaw" groups condensed all its scorn and contempt into a single paragraph. Under the headline "BIRDS OF A FEATHER" it shouted out names: "No doubt Chicago merits this visitation as a return for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Borderline Medicine | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

One may, of course, appreciate the self-sacrifice that prompts Lady Rhondda and her American "consoeurs" in their willingness to share the burdens of national life, but one may also feel that the benighted male is able to get into enough trouble without help. There are those who think that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DUX FEMINA FACTI | 5/24/1927 | See Source »

In your issue of February seventh, under the caption "The Student Friend ship Fund" appeared the following statements. "There is no very good reason why individual Harvard students should not contribute to Missionary work in spreading any kind of religion they might choose. But that blatant and benighted missionary work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Mission | 2/9/1927 | See Source »

The other aim of the Federation is beyond any doubt the more objectionable. The worth of missionary work is a much-disputed point on which it is fortunately not necessary to pass judgment here. There is no very good reason why individual Harvard students should not contribute to missionary work...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE STUDENT FRIENDSHIP FUND | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

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