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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...prospective West Point cadet, entrance to the Military Academy involves the overcoming of higher and more strenuous obstacles than those standing before an aspirant Freshman to Harvard or other civilian colleges...
...indeed, a sad commentary on politics and higher education if the evidence of a single error in the list of members of an undergraduate political club must immediately lead to unsubstantial charges of forgery, padding its lists, and general corruption. The Hoover-for-President Club admits that the signature in question was not genuine; but its presence is known to be the result of a curious type of practical joke from an independent source, combined with carelessness on the part of one of our workers, whose membership sheet was not turned in until after the charges had appeared...
...commentary on politics and higher education when Republican corruption succeeds even in reaching undergraduates in college. Unlike its opponents, the Democratic Club with its ally, the Smith Robinson Club, makes no false claims of strength. Neither does it send its members madly dashing about with petitions, buttonholing passersby to sigh up for Hoover and the safety of the American home. It prefers to leave those tactics to the "dignified" Hooverites. Likewise have they found it unnecessary to create half a dozen organizations to include under the Hoover banner voters of both parties and every conceivable degree of undergraduate. It finds...
...Bonaparte Scholarship is given by Mrs. Ellen C. Bonaparte. The preference in choosing the student to whom the award is to be made is given to students who have demonstrated an interest in the study of American government and who give promise of helping in after life to promote higher standards in government and citizenship. The scholarship is awarded at the end of his Junior year to that member of the class concentrating in Government who, without regard to financial need, has the highest academic standing in that subject...
Money for stock exchange deals bobbed up and down last week. It fell to 6%, one per cent higher than the Federal Rediscount rates. Stock gamblers borrowed heavily. When they wished to renew loans to support their speculations the call rate scooted up to 8%. Nonetheless trading continued heavily, and the rate became...