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...flappers of New York are of the sea-going variety and get in the way of the Columbia shells is not officially known but the authorities have apparently decided to take no chances. Probably contributions for a "Hudson patrol" will soon be solicited, to keep visitors at a harmless distance. But the precedent of secret crew practice thus auspiciously inaugurated may help solve a most exasperating local problem. Hitherto, urchins frequenting the banks and bridges of the Charles have displayed their native skill by dropping assorted missiles upon the straining oarsmen passing below, often with deadly effect. If they could...
...follows that if grades are not to be used for these purposes-that is for deciding honors or discipline-they have little use at all,-except for the harmless and desirable service of indicating to the student his approximate standing. And if its is true that scholarships are awarded for marked excellence and rarely depend on the mere difference of a grade-which ought to be true if it is not-the only practical purpose for which grades are necessary is determining probation-the one ting which absolutely should not depend on unreliable, unstandardized marks...
...Volstead Act constitute an attack upon the consistency and the integrity of the Constitution. At present abnormal conditions are fostered by the attempt to limit the liberty and pursuit of happiness of our people. At present the law considers as criminal, acts which the consciences of many citizens find harmless or approve. The present law, apparently by design, discriminates between the rich and poor and between the seller and the purchaser of forbidden liquor...
...impress chauffeurs that the season on millionaires was definitely closed, New York (probably fearing the vote of the nine million taxi-drivers in the widely known metropolis) stayed silent. Accordingly Mabel Normand opened in The Extra Girl. It turned out to be a feminine edition of Merton and guaranteed harmless. The scandal-starved hundreds can gaze, gape and grin at Miss Normand to their hearts' content and bring their children. For those who align themselves with this department in Considering screen Mabel an exceptionally comic personality, the picture will appeal...
...returned for more metropolitan appearances - its complexion vastly changed. The antagonizing music has almost disappeared. Instead the Scandinavians present a program of familiar sights and sounds, with such harmless medicines as Anitra's Dance from Greig's "Peer Gynt...