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Disappointed students flock pugnaciously these days to the quiet and dignified corners of Cambridge and vicinity, insulting with their discordant clamor the quiet that has recently been disturbed only by the subdued and relentless scratching of examination correctors' red pencils. The difference between a D plus and a C minus and a C plus and a B minus comes into sharp focus and assumes an importance entirely out of proportion with that which it has when seen from the point of view which presents education as a mater of filling minds with knowledge and training them...
...every possible occasion last week bands played his music-Memphis Blues, Beale Street Blues, St. Louis Blues. Whenever he sauntered down the street there was a clamor for his autograph, a crowd of pickaninnies with hands out for pennies. Paul Whiteman brought Handy to the stage of Municipal Auditorium when he played there for the big Floral Ball. Beale Street made him the leader of its grand parade. He stood in the first automobile, doffing his hat to left & right. At small Handy Park, named in his honor, he mounted a reviewing stand, settled down in an old-fashioned rocking...
...general the Socialists and other Leftist parties believe in friendship with Germany, strict adherence to the League of Nations, reduced taxes and extended credit (i. e. modified inflation). Rightist parties clamor for French security maintained by force of arms, the League as a tool of French foreign policy, less government interference in business, and the gold standard forever...
...TIME, Jan. 1, 1934), the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe performed time & again to half-empty houses. Last week the troupe was back in Manhattan for a two week stay at the Metropolitan Opera House. This time the bread and salt had brought an abundant harvest. There was a great clamor for tickets, a queue waiting for standing room. Persistent applause greeted the dancers who could spin with such grace, leap with such ease...
...transportation costs were almost $1,000,000,000 lower than the boom-time figure. But when nearly $3,000,000,000 are taken off receipts and less than $2,000,000,000 off costs, the railroads are still about $1,000,000,000 under prosperity levels. And bonds clamor for interest in even the worst of times. The fixed charges, mostly bond interest, of U. S. railroads are still in the neighborhood of $700,000,000 a year. This is the hardest nut for railroaders to crack...