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...came General Johnson. Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota control 107 seats in the House of Representatives, 78 of which are now Democratic. Loss of many of these seats to the Republicans might deeply cut the Democratic house majority of 183, seriously hamper President Roosevelt's program...
With the temperature on Soldiers Field ranging between 15 and 20 degrees above zero, the coaches decided not to take any chances with the players by working them outdoors and the practice was held in the Briggs Cage. This shift of scene don't hamper the squad, however, for Casey gave the team a hard workout. There was scrimmage for the A team with four coaches as opposition when assignment work was stressed. Then the Jayvees were brought in and gave a demonstration of Brown plays under the supervision of Scout Wesley Fesler. The final touch...
Offense & Rules. The tightening of defense has produced two conspicuous results this season: increased use of the forward pass, and a protest against technical rulings which hamper the offense. Teams like Carnegie Tech, U. S. C.. Pitt and Army have been rolling through every sort of defense with shrewd, expert passes. Even before this season, Michigan decided it was much less profitable to hammer away at a beefy line than to "punt, pass and pray...
...Saturday's time trial, however, marked improvement was shown by the Varsity. The dousing was not so bad as usual, and the checking was moderate. When the sprint was called for a the Harvard Bridge, power was available for it. There should be little to hamper the progress of both crews from now on, and, if present indications are prophetic, they will make a better showing next Saturday against Navy and Penn than they did against Princeton and M.I.T. two weeks...
These final remarks of President Butler's are too deftly conciliatory to escape the charge of sophism. In this, they illustrate a fundamental obstacle to academic freedom in this country. The entire educative mechanism is bound up in a complex of interdependencies which hamper free action. President Butler adroitly approves the theory and forbids the act, just as do so many other leaders of education; they are all accountable to some lone who would be injured by an undue enthusiasm over truth. It is certain that freedom in teaching is desirable. But it is a futile hope until the departmental...