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In general, industry accepted most of Nathan's facts but decried his conclusions and-most of all-his implications, which in effect would put a ceiling on profits, discourage risk capital, tend to squeeze out marginal enterprises, and otherwise disturb the machinery of free enterprise.
Some of the "marginal tribes" have faded into legend; some have taken a bumpy ride on the tailboard of civilization, and a few still follow their ancient way of life. Ethnologists cherish them all as significant "fossil cultures." The ancestors of modern, civilized man, they believe, also passed through comparable...
Ethnologists of the Smithsonian Institution agree with Pope that "the proper study of mankind is man," and that no detail is too small to be recorded. Recently, in dedication to this proposition, they offered a weighty work: The Marginal Tribes-Vol. I of their monumental Handbook of South American Indians...
However, simply because their number is small is no reason why these men should receive no more than sympathy. Those who need help need it just as badly as if they were legion. The very fact of their fewness means that the needs of these marginal students can be met...
Supplementing work and loans, a few well placed scholarships would go far toward removing the troubles of the marginal veteran student. Men now in college, unlike those not yet admitted, have already made a heavy investment in their education. The future benefits which will accrue to the entire country if...