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Prohibition and Yale keynoted much early fall dining room conversation. President Angell had greeted their Eli compatriots with the dictum that either they observe prohibition or face dismissal. "The University will not permit dissipation. No man can come to any great success at Yale who is known to be a dissipated man." Yale sophomores were required to sign a pledge swearing they would never take part in a riot. Harvard yearlings began to be doubly glad they hadn't strayed New Haven...
...several who have only one or none at all. The man reason, we suspect, can be found in a University regulation which rules more presence at a public disturbance grounds for an unexpected to come. While there has been no sign that the Administrative Board intends to apply this dictum, the possibility of its doing so is enough to make many a potential witness reluctant to offer his services. By testifying he would admit his presence: since the Administration's attitude is unknown, the safe way is to remain anonymous...
...shall admire America's courage if it persists in shouting Freedom and Democracy after what it has done for Morocco and Tunisia in the U.N. [TIME, April 28]. Is the Marxist dictum that capitalism and imperialism are next of kin so utterly false...
...recent column forwarded to this office contained Connolly's thoughts on Bill McCurdy's promotion to the head track coach's position here. In an obiter dictum on the current Cambridge athletic picture, Connolly again demonstrated his abysmal ignorance of matters Eastern...
...over the map. True to his dictum that the philosopher belongs in the market place, he has at various times popped up in such nonacademic roles as adviser to the Hays Office, indoctrination lecturer for the U.S. Air Transport Command, merchandising consultant to Bamberger's of New Jersey (he developed a theory that new electric toasters and bobby pins evolve like new biological species, which in some quarters earned him the nickname "Drygoods Darwin...