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...Sumners of Dallas last week protested against the proposed grant in a letter to the Committee. Said he: "To bestow upon any individual or upon any member of his family a benefit or advantage not enjoyed by others, merely because the citizen may have been honored by his fellow-citizens, cannot, in my view, be justified in a democratic government, the very nature of which does not tolerate class distinction or special benefit among its citizens...
...game of publishing did not backslide during the year of 1923, but the goddess of fortune failed to bestow her favors promiscuously. Statistics on the number of publications in the U. S. at the beginning of 1923 and the beginning of 1924 were made public. The weeding out of the unfit reduced the number of periodicals of almost every kind without decimating any one group...
Louis Wiley, Business Manager of The New York Times: "Said I at a dinner in honor of Edward M. Morgan, Postmaster of New York: 'Whether or not colleges have seen fit to bestow upon him degrees, Mr. Morgan is pre-eminently a man of letters...
...which may be in allied fields, and by attaining the necessary standing in his General Examinations, he can obtain the Degree with Distinction in either of the three grades, cum, magna cum or summa cum laude. For Honors, the highest prize that the Department of the Classics has to bestow, the student must show distinguished ability in the writing of Greek and Latin prose. This subject is no mere exercise in grammar; it clears one's thoughts and trains one's style. Many of the best writers in England undoubtedly owe part of their excellence to this practice. The successful...
...office of vice-president, for which several representative Juniors have been nominated, is one of the few elective offices in the power of the undergraduates as a whole to bestow. It entails responsibility, executive ability and leadership. It is highly important that the choice for this important position should be made by a substantial proportion of the students. It will require but a few minutes to cast a ballot at Memorial, the CRIMSON, at Standish, or at the Union itself. It is a duty which every man should take upon himself today...