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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...concluding he said. "Although the first section of the 14th amendment does not expressly say that all persons born or naturalized in the United States are citizens, and although that provision unquestionably was meant to overthrow the view expressed by these judges in the Dred Scoff case, nevertheless today the express provision would be deemed unnecessary. No modern court could dream, even in the absence of the 14th amendment, that a free negro is not a citizen...
...changing, living world. For him, dogmas can not contain it. Creeds may fit it for the moment, but for a moment only. The aspirations of the new man rise higher; knowledge increases; thought advanced through an ever broadening vista: with the result that dogma and creed have ceased to express adequately for the new generation what they were fully capable of expressing for the old. Dr. Fosdick takes the historical, point of view which sees all human thought and institutions in continual metamorphosis, and religion, and ethics itself, not exempt from this supreme...
...Sundays, Wall Street is usually deserted. Therefore, Sunday, Sept. 21, was selected for moving day. The police established deadlines three blocks away from both buildings; 37 armored Adams Express cars and a guard of 300 armed men were mobilized and a careful plan of operations was perfected. By Sunday midnight the moving was completed with entire success...
Cash and securities were first packed in trunks in the old bank vaults, sealed and delivered to the express company, which placed them in armored cars bristling with artillery of various calibres and delivered them at the new building. About one hundred trips of this sort were necessary before the Reserve Bank's enormous assets were finally placed in the impregnable vaults of the new building...
...undergraduate body is to express its approval viva voce it is well that it be done neatly and with precision. And now that the leaders have made plans to bring about this result, all that is necessary is some cooperation by the undergraduates. A ringing song and a truly impressive cheer will express the real appreciation of the student body for the efforts of Captain Greenough and his team...