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Club abolition movements soon started. In 1913 President Woodrow Wilson tried to establish a house system similar to that adopted here. Four years later saw the first sophomore "revolt." Petitions, Club board resignations, and 'Princetonian' editorials ensued, but World War I prematurely ended the fracas. Fruitless revolts materialized in 1925 and in the '30's. The words "100 percent" were never mentioned, however; the demand was only for increased sophomore bids. Fifteen percent of the class, however, remained classed as "unworthies...
Robert A. Taft isn't running for anything in Ohio this year, but his influence is the key to the state's Senatorial election. Twelve years of frenzied but fruitless support of Taft as its favorite-son candidate for President has made the Senator a martyred hero in the state. Although Ohio's economic and racial complexion would normally veer the state toward liberalism, this Taft fixation has given Ohio's politics a strangely conservative tinge. Senator John Bricher's chances for reelection depend to a great extent on his ability to take advantage of the senior Senator's popularity...
...Falange. Thirteen years of political stock-jobbery have riddled the Falange like a colander. Recently, seeking American aid, Franco has played down the role of the party that was once his pride & joy. But last week, his quest for money, military aid and international friendship beginning to seem fruitless, Franco decided to build up the Falange again...
...early spring the Y.P.'s combined with other college political groups in a fruitless attempt to save Willie McGee from the electric chair...
...that point, for it seems that titles carry honor in inverse proportion to length, and neither side was satisfied. During the melee that followed, someone yelled that Blenes was a disbarred lawyer and Blenes, denouncing the accusation, walked out in a rage. The meeting had to break up fruitless...