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...women." If, by "democratize," he means to make no distinction between individuals but to give each scholar the opportunities offered his neighbor, then the principle is full of danger. The success which the generation now in schools and colleges is to have in the ordering of a chaotic world largely depends on the ability of this educational system to produce leaders. It is not enough to offer all men a mediocre training, those with ability must have the opportunity of complete development. Democracy, if it is to find a solution for modern problems, must allow equal opportunity but must also...
...nightmare of bureaucratic reorganization has long haunted the White House. Year after year has seen new bureaus formed and inserted with little deliberate consideration in to handy departments. The result is chaotic irresponsibility reduplication, useless expense and inefficiency. Reformers and students have long demanded changes, but courageous in deed would be the president first to buck the ire and political weight of the government bureaucracy. Opponents of Mr. Hoover will search with considerable success for points of attack in this message. They will delight in its incompleteness and lack of forcefulness. But nothing will suit their purpose better than...
...story is too chaotic, too long, too inconclusive to tell here. Briefly, it has to do with a master ship builder who yearns for an heir to carry on the great work of six generations of Trumbulls. The heir comes, a precocious, spindle legged little child who dies because his father forced him along too fast. The elder Trumbull becomes embittered, loses his grip, and meets disaster upon disaster, until at the end his despised daughter guides him into the paths of truth. This is the sort of thing that can be, and has been, done well, but never...
...Setting morals aside, Japanese rule has proven more efficient than Chinese. Japanese troops along the Southern Manchurian Railway (long before the recent Japanese occupation of Manchuria) induced comparative peace. Result: 1,000,000 Chinese have been emigrating from chaotic central China to Manchuria each year, seeking the Pax Japana...
...Union, which has been a spiritless place for the last few years, takes on new life this year under the Freshman regime. Far from being merely an eating-place, it bids fair to become an important unifying influence during the chaotic first days of first-year men. The Freshman class, usually inarticulate and paralyzed, is to find a voice in the newly appointed Committee of Ten, which has been selected with a strong attempt to secure a representative group. While this committee will deal with certain of the routine matters of funds and smokers, there is good hope that...