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...millions by the coast states of America as only a truce and postponement of the inevitable inundation. The actuality of these dismal prospects is for scholars of the subject to ascertain. But a bit of recent news from Asia suggests that the armor of the east rings a bit hollow, that Mongolia and Siberia will receive the land hungry Japanese before there will be forced upon an unwilling west. This news is the information of a newspaper correspondent who has interviewed a number of prominent Japanese and finds them pervaded with pessimism...
...which they are employed, because they have no invested interest. But others maintain that wages and fear of unemployment constitute an interest seen enough to allow workmen voice in management. The obstacles to schemes of Industrial democracy are many. But the blanket condemnation Mr. Gary offers rings as hollow as the Quixotic demands of socialists...
...transient fancies arise to enjoy brief hours upon the stage of public favor. President Eliot for years has been the sage and sufficient reference for such little men. Like some wiser leader of an often flippant people he has continued the just and mellow sage whose words are never hollow, ever filled with wisdom and purpose. The CRIMSON extends to President Eliot sincerest good wishes on this, his ninety-second birthday...
...below proved to below proved to be less solid than at the surface and big chunks flaked off and were dislodged by the baskets. Finally on March 7, the 100 foot mark was reached and still the bottom was not attained. Tapping on the wall the workers discovered a hollow sound, however, and correctly assumed that the shaft went down by one of the great chambers...
Knives and grinding instruments were again brought into play and a tiny hole was started on the spot which sounded hollow. The nearby rock was chipped away with great care and flashlights were...