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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...positive and negative) given by the actions of state politicians. The fact that he was nevertheless a close second to Roosevelt indicates that throughout the country there is a body of Democrats determined to stop the New York Governor, and willing to use Smith to that end. It is difficult to believe that he, who has been called our greatest political realist, is not alive to these facts. Presumably, as a loyal Democrat, he is willing to sacrifice his own dubious chance of election to support some candidate other than Roosevelt. Viewed in that light, the Massachusetts primary is significant...
...have noticed with some displeasure the undue emphasis your paper has lately placed on Spring. Your esteemed correspondent, the Vagabond, seems to have been unable to hurdle the difficult barriers placed in his way by that estimable phenomenon and even your editorials have taken undue cognizance of what has long been taken for granted...
...general, we believe politics is too unremunerative as a profession to be a field for the college graduate. The general attitude is one of disinterestedness. . . ." The University of Rochester Campus: ". . . Rochester men do not agree with the Yale Daily News. . . . College men should not quit because the task appears difficult." The Penn State Collegian: ". . . Before the undergraduate gets too critical, he should attempt to clear up a bit in his own backyard. Some of the methods used to get votes by fraternity cliques in many colleges would put the average politician to shame." The Daily Princetonian: ". . . Most undergraduates here recognize...
...Srole '33, and D. M. Sullivan '32 in Lowell House last night, was the thesis of Hoover's inability to keep his campaign pledges, and his general lack of qualifications for the position. The Blue speakers dwelled on the courage he has shown in face of unusually difficult circumstances...
...nearly stable and, few if any now men will be moved up from the division crews to displace present oarsmen, the 150-pounders are still only temporarily seated, and daily new rowers are shifted from the first division for trial spins down the river, so that it is difficult to state which is the first 150-pound crew at present...