Word: life
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Spokesman Hughes spoke in Buffalo and a subtler piece of political pleading has seldom been heard. The Hughes presence, dignity, prestige and good form are almost unique in U. S. public life. Few other fig- ures could have administered so impressively the prefatory rebukes to the Brown Derby which Spokesman Hughes uttered. He charged Nominee Smith with indulging in "cheap ridicule," "diatribe," "absurd tirades." "He [Nominee Smith] has stooped too low to conquer. . . . One's sense of fairness is affronted," said Mr. Hughes. "He misrepresents the position of Mr. Hoover and attempts to distort the meaning of Mr. Hoover...
...students from other countries are at present enrolled in the University, a body whose growth began to take great advances upon the conclusion of the World war. The proportion of foreign students is still steadily increasing, and will apparently become a factor not to be overlooked in the University life. Among these men, approximately sixty foreign nations, protectorates and colonial possessions are represented, the greatest national elements being those of China, Japan, and England. The majority of foreign students having already received their degrees at some European or Occidental University, are enrolled in the graduate schools. The Germann, Japanese...
...responsibility and power; a more effective share by labor and agriculture in the nation's councils. The emphasis of Mr. Hoover's whole thought is the assumption that increasing industrial efficiency and the mass production of things automatically make for well-being and promote the spiritual quality of life. If Mr. Hoover realizes the moral Issues which "prosperity" intensifies and creates and is concerned with their solution, has not shared his insight with the public...
...Advocate in offering its columns for the publication of such a work as "The Rally." Thrusting aside the time honored bugbear of "poor taste", and daring the fury of wounded sensibilities the Advocate has staunchly committed itself to the task of voicing whatever legitimate criticism of Harvard life may be brought to the attention of its editors...
...over the financial obstacles of higher education. Certainly more attractive superficially than the usual student positions which involve the climbing of innumerable staircases or the washing of many dishes, the orchestra also offers training in an art which is valuable both financially and esthetically in after life...