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...Fault Finder Flayed...
Every week or two some critic cries out in print that something is wrong with American universities. One fault finder blames commercial tendencies; another says too many are going to college; still another points to "Christo et Ecclesiae" upon the Harvard seal and says that Harvard and other universities turned their backs on "Veritas" when they ceased to emphasize the fundamentals of religion. Whatever the specific charge, there seems to be a general agreement that something is wrong...
President Coolidge is said to sit patiently by the vaults of the Treasury, watching the pennies, but his virtuous vigilance is at last rewarded from an unexpected quarter. A dime which he let drop unbeknown, has returned, but not to plague him. The grateful finder ate a hearty meal, went to work, probably as a street car conductor, for he says that he "now has many dimes". The accidental leavings of great men have a magical potency...
Under the existing order of things the Government claims a half share of all discoveries made in its territory, the remaining half becoming the unconditional property of the finder. Discoverers at present excavating in Egypt have prevailed upon their respective governments to persuade Egypt to withhold the new law. He points out that neither the American nor the British public would subscribe funds for Egyptian excavations if all the antiquities discovered are to become the property of the Egyptian Government...
Wherever mortals and human institutions are found, do not expect perfection. The chronic fault-finder seldom considers this. Hence he is loud in his bellowing for reform...