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For those accustomed to polite academic society, this vigorous honesty is somewhat startling, somewhat refreshing. As Mr. Keller doubtless hoped, it blasts away the common sophistry which is the delight of modern professorial dignity and which resides within the debate over "research" and teaching. Typically enough, Sumner, eschewing the word...

Author: By J. M., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 11/8/1933 | See Source »

The Capital of the U. S. is no summer resort. Last week Washington's quasi-tropical sun, blazing down upon the Capitol, did its best to drain the vitality of all men who went about their business there. And perspiration stood upon the white fringed brow-as round and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Kahn Explains | 7/10/1933 | See Source »

The Freshman is more diligent, dispatching a letter to parents at least once a week on the average, with about 40 per cent writing twice a week. Eighteen per cent of the Freshmen interviewed preferred telephoning home once a week instead of writing. One Freshman denied sending any mail since...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Census Reveals Upperclassman Writes Home Once Every Two Weeks--Freshman Found With Telephone List of 27 Belles | 3/16/1933 | See Source »

Neither piety nor goodness alone makes a saint. There must be evidence of authentic miracles, attested by the most diligent scrutiny of the Roman Catholic Church.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Appeal to Sainthood | 1/23/1933 | See Source »

The U. S. silk industry, to its intense delight, last week found itself suddenly in the midst of a boom. Unlike cotton and woolen men, silk men are much at the mercy of THEM and last week it was gloriously plain that THEY-the fashion designers of Paris, the style...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Silk | 9/12/1932 | See Source »

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