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...beyond vague nuisance value to the liberal, self-disciplined undergraduate majority. Particularly in view of the recent stormy history and stringent regulation, the price is not exhorbitant and the return is impressive. In this way the University has protection against the turbulent, ill-disciplined minority who might otherwise raise havoc with its fair name and hence with the much-prized liberties of the majority. As with any truly liberal law, the majority, in this case most of the undergraduates, are legislating through their representatives, the University authorities, to preserve the largest possible measure of independence under a given...
...section, now supplying 281 of the 948 Yardlings, has increased its representation 300 per cent since 1933. With New England losing 15 per cent, the geographical spread of the class of '40 does not resemble the distribution of the American people in the days when Adams and Hancock raised havoc on the Common...
...even when he is not supposed to. Brightest spots are the singing of such amiable Romberg tunes as "No Use Pretending" and "Blame It All on the Night" by Ruby Mercer, comely soprano from St. Louis' Municipal Opera Company, and eccentric dances by a small girl named June Havoc...
Loudly hailing his reciprocal trade treaties as the biggest break yet in the "economic log jam", Secretary Hull displayed in Minneapolis last week a naive and childlike conception of the havoc which Roosevelt policies have brought to our foreign trade. The combined effects of AAA crop reduction and the reciprocal agreements have closed foreign markets to many of our vital crops like cotton, and at the same time opened the gates wide for the importation from abroad of products much better produced at home. Clearly a policy which calls for slaughtering cattle in the north-west and then importing more...
...Simmons, Dave Glueck, and Tom Choate composed the trio of linemen Harlow singled out for the highest praise he has bestowed this year. The change came during the Jayvee scrimmage with the Varsity, and after noticing the havoc wrought in his Varsity offense by the three Jayvee linemen, Harlow decided that it would be better to have them on his squad than spoiling his plays...