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...alter of the god of things as they should be, in the person of the "man in charge of the column." This competition involves familiarity with happenings in the University and in the world at large, and gives the successful competitor a better organization of opinions and a firmer command of English
...House has left its scars of service on the President. His hair is greyer. His shoulders seem to droop in discouragement. The lines about his eyes have cut in deeper and those about his mouth have hardened. The round baby-pink face of the 1920's has grown firmer, more mature. Washington has been as cruel to him as to any President in history. And yet somehow, for all the heartbreak that has been his, Mr. Hoover has grown in inner stature. To strangers he may appear a beaten man but his friends marvel at his fortitude and lack...
...growing Atlas, he said: "From the beginning it has been absolutely independent. It has kept itself free from all alliances or affiliations as a matter of considered policy. Because of this, it has been slower in working out its destiny than otherwise. . . . But it has at least trod on firmer ground...
...Vagabond feels that he owes a word of thanks and apology to his friend Dr. Huey. It was this wily Oriental who first brought the matter to his attention, but he disregarded it as merely another one of Huey's idle prognostications which are founded upon no firmer foundation than faith and hope, albeit they are received in charity. One or two of the more dubious witticisms are also...
...London School of Economics is at hand. At this crucial period, Professor O. M. W. Sprague has been retained as economic adviser to the Bank of England. The presence of graduates from 88 colleges at the Summer School Session for Executives bears further witness to its yet firmer position of trust...