Word: correct
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...should like to correct a statement in your issue of Jan. 16, p. 6, footnote...
...battlefield of Flanders, long years before certain armies met there to settle modern differences, a Dutch soldier was commended by his king. "Sire," he replied modestly, "I break before I bend." The King pondered a moment to confer the correct name on this excellent, albeit proud and slightly stubborn servant. He called him "stiff-necked" which being translated into Dutch is "Goethals...
...constant readers of your valuable magazine, and each week welcome it with greater delight. I beg, however, to correct a statement your issue of Jan. 2, under MILESTONES...
...blue uniform, twinkling with medals, cased the little, compact royal body. The oval, shapely head bore proudly a black shako topped with aigrette plumes. The left hand rested, militantly graceful, on the jeweled hilt of a sword. The right arm snapped to a correct salute as Amir Amanullah beheld upon the platform small, slim King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy, and burly but suave Prime Minister Benito Mussolini...
...possible that the News is correct in saying that "with the passing of time, and a broadening of experience" non-scouting may give rise to less suspicion and distrust. Until then Harvard prefers to yield up potential benefits rather than submit to present evils. What the News suggestively defines as a "possible change in perspective" has nothing whatsoever to do with Harvard's future attitude toward non-scouting. The perspective will remain as it is now--and as it must remain until the difficulties perceived are removed from the horizon...