Word: humanism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Upshots were that: 1) the Journal of the United Mine Workers announced "everyone knows that the Daughters of the American Revolution is an aristocratic high-hat institution whose members parade around like peafowls in silks and sealskins and imagine themselves the elect of the human race;" 2) catty whispers around D. A. R. headquarters intimated that one experience with miners had proved that the spittoon equipment of Constitution Hall was entirely inadequate; 3) the miners, 2,000 strong last week trooped through the dingy entrance of the old Rialto Theatre to attend their big meeting...
...Humane but human, Director Amundsen watched 15 minutes before he nudged Foye Thompson, who strolled to a window, signaled four detectives waiting outside. With a rush, Amundsen & men separated the dogs and arrested all present. The garage operator and dog owners were liable under State law to $1,100 fine or a year in jail or both; the watchers were released on bond. At week's end, after tender care by Missouri Humane Society's Veterinarian Carl Brenner, both dogs were in fine fettle, but were being held for probable asphyxiation-that they might never have to fight...
Most ironical comment on Professor Burgess' effort to eliminate the gamble from marriage had been supplied by the professor himself. Two years ago, after a first-hand study of gambling in Chicago dives, Professor Burgess recommended that gambling be legalized, declared: "Gambling is inherent in human nature and cannot effectively be suppressed...
...Human Element, Captain Harry George Armstrong, M. D., is in charge of the Army Air Corps' physiological laboratory at Dayton, Ohio. After four years of research on military and commercial pilots, Captain Armstrong reported last week that too much has been expected of the human element in aviation. "A pilot begins his career," he said, "in good physical condition, with an exceptionally stable mental and emotional system. Yet, in one study, 11% of all pilots and 50% of all those who had reached the age of 30 were suffering some form of functional neurosis or nervous breakdown. And physical...
...appeal to higher courts, because: "I think, personally, that Justice Holmes was wrong. . . . The law elsewhere recognizes an unborn child as an individual. A woman who causes an abortion upon herself, or a doctor who performs such an operation can be charged with manslaughter-the unlawful killing of a human being...