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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Perhaps for many, eight of these stories at once will be a little too much, but there is no rule that you must read them all at a sitting. And if you have read one, you are more than likely to come back and read another provided you are the sort of person who ought to be reading them in the first place...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOKENDS | 12/15/1928 | See Source »

With almost three years of a busy and hectic life behind him and still no signs of gray hairs or rheumatism, the Vagabond has begun to feel that some sort of spirit of eternal youth has come to his support. Ashamed as he may be of such indications of immaturity at most times of the year, the holiday season now in full swing makes him completely at home...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 12/15/1928 | See Source »

...appreciate. Other holidays, decreed in all solemnity by the powers that be in honor of birthdays or battles, are occasions enough for the elders to take a day off and indulge in parades and other pleasant diversions. The youngest generations wait for the last of the yearly series to come into their own. To be sure, they seize upon such opportunities as the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving, with sufficient alacrity, but their parents always dominate the scene with the dignity of "We do solemnly proclaim edicts and displays of eloquence that serve to remind forgetful citizens of what...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Student Vagabond | 12/15/1928 | See Source »

Chiefly by its extension of the time allotted to the process of preparation, the new step is all for the good of the Red Book. The uncertainly in the high places must remain, since first choices must still be made largely on preparatory school reputation. The gain will come in the selection of men for minor places on the Board through competitions made more just by prolongation. Editorial candidates may try their hands at a greater variety of topics than has been allowed them, and the business department will be freed from the breathlessness of lining up advertisements...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER | 12/11/1928 | See Source »

Warmakers Welcome. Although in course of years the Quaker has come to represent t'ie very personification of the pacifist spirit, the circular explains that militarists are not excluded from membership in the society...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Quaker Revival | 12/10/1928 | See Source »

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