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When they parted General Penaranda was wearing General Estigarribia's pistol. "I carried this weapon with me during the whole campaign, General Penaranda!" the giver explained. "On this day, General Penaranda, there is nothing better than to leave it in your hands as a personal souvenir...
...forcefully. Such meetings are naturally as secret as they can be made. Hence only an occasional leak disclosed the part the red-faced, blue-eyed, white-haired Vice President played around the Cabinet table. Significant is the fact, however, that after one of his discourses Franklin Roosevelt, a great giver of nicknames, dubbed him "Mr. Commonsense." Significant, too, are the things the stubby little Texan is generally given credit for having achieved within the Cabinet. He, as much as any one man, quashed the idea of armed U. S. intervention in Cuba when the Cabinet had it under consideration because...
...budget will increase the federal deficit to $4,869,000 this year, but the President is big enough to disregard that. With Midas-like magic, everything he touches turns to gold, and in this new gift to the admirals he has more than justified the epithet of "The Great Giver." Roosevelt can be sure that the United States Navy will be deeply appreciative of his munificence. Bigger and better battleships, more sailors, a new awakening of enthusiasm for the Navy are bound to result...
...Christmas or any other time--it is necessary to show appreciation, and when to gifts are attached considerations, to neglect them would be folly. Thus, as one Wise Greek has long since pointed out, moderation is the part of wisdom. Now that the Hall has become blessed as a giver, the College is obsessed with the difficulty of receiving graciously. Freshmen, alas, have no other course but to refuse. In the hands of their elders lies the alternative of having present gifts withdrawn, or the promise of further Seasonal Compliments from their honors, the Deans...
...position to serve as law giver and mother to all incoming Harvard men, but perhaps now is the time for a word of advice and warning which has been learned from experience by every Harvard man. Too many Freshmen become completely lost after the first week and fall to keep aware of the fact that Harvard is essentially a place of education and not a proving ground for prep school ideas of Boston's social life. Too many find themselves slipping farther and farther behind as the result of failure to start at once in their college career. The line...