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¶ James Russell Lowell, Harvard 1838, son of another half-brother of "Rebel" John, and today the best known of the family. He was nevertheless its "problem child" because he married outside the Brahmin caste and had Abolitionist leanings. Author Greenslet is lukewarm about J.R.L.'s writings: "The truth...
Fine hotels, golf courses, stadia, movies are no substitute for home, family, American women, freedom from Army caste;
Writing in the Harvard Law Record, Charles A. Aldrich 2L, maintains that the recent criticisms of the caste system in the Army is misdirected and exaggerated, particularly in the press. He feels that the problem is not one of changing the system but one of finding and training better leaders...
Under the heading, "The Case for Caste," Aldrich takes up and discusses each of the complaints against the system, as expressed by Lt. Col, Robert Nevillo in an article in Life last February.
To attempt to put the finger of blame on any one or any thing for this predicament is either impossible or difficult. You might find fault with Hindustan climatology, and carefully show the effects of the monsoon rain on the caloric intake of the Bengali peasant; there is some relation...