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...break through the powerful machine which held Springfield in its grip during the last election, he attacked the pre-primary elections as an evil to be removed. All candidates should be allowed to be on the ballot election day. Among the other reforms which he has advocated is the bi-annual session of the legislature...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Good Government for Massachusetts Despite Opponents, Hurley Declares | 2/25/1937 | See Source »

...where there are two lectures a week, two additional lectures in October and November, and one in December, would give ample time to replace January lecture hours. Since there is a section meeting once a week for 'C' men and "dumb-bunnies", the supplementary lectures would necessitate several bi-weekly tests for these sections. Ordinarily they have one quizz a week, except in the latter part of the year when bi-weekly tests are instituted anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A BREATHING SPELL | 12/17/1936 | See Source »

...interpret and correlate the material presented in the reading and bi-weekly lectures, optional sectional meetings will be held on Saturdays. These meetings will deal with the week's reading and answer questions of a general nature. It is to the credit of Professor Matthiessen that he disdains frequent quizzes and hour exams, for though they might raise the level of future knowledge in the course, they would destroy the freedom now offered to the student. The purpose of the Saturday classes, then, is not to discipline a man's work, but to better his grasp of the subject...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A STEP FORWARD | 12/12/1936 | See Source »

Through Rio's streets, around the wide sickle of Rio's bay, and up into the misty hills beyond, the bi-Presidential party rode 30 miles into the country to attend the first function of the day, luncheon at the home of Tycoon E. G. Fontes. There Franklin Roosevelt had his first opportunity to charm the denizens of high South American society, including Senora Vargas and her two daughters...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Southern Cross | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

Formation of a political club for graduate students in Government was announced by Robert H. Rawson '36, who has been chosen President. The club, which is non-partisan, is composed of graduate students of Harvard and Radcliffe and will meet bi-weekly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Government Club Formed | 12/7/1936 | See Source »

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