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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Federal judge shall be employed in that judge's court. Mr. Adkins Sr. asked that his able son should not be made a judge lest the other son lose his clerkship. He said: "Jesse has had his share of life's honors. This added recognition would mean little to him compared to what the loss of position would mean to William. It is a hard thing for a father to do but I am compelled to do it." President Coolidge mused...
...idle figure of speech. The name "Bilbo," well-loved by collectors of people's-names-that-mean-something, is an antique word for "sword...
...value, and proper behavior of proctors there is no one better qualified to speak than the student who has just taken an examination, and done rather poorly. Those thoughtful gentlemen who wander about the fringes of the multitude, banding out extra paper and maintaining an attitude of strict neutrality, mean nothing to the student whose eager hand can hardly wait to disclose a mind packed with information. It is only to the unfortunate who sees the lower gulfs yawning before him, and averts his eye in dismay, that external matters are of concern...
...such students, when they see before them a proctor glancing through the first few bluebooks which have been handed in, and chortling in his glee? Around him gather his friends, and together they form a merry party over those first few tragic failures, not thinking what their mirth may mean to their wards who have not yet given up the fight. If to the proctor the downfall of a student who is not clear on the place of residence of the Hittites may be as inconsequential, and far funnier, than the death of the Jabberwock, to the motionless figures bent...
...subject is perhaps of more significance than such Elinor Glyn articles would lead one to believe. There is no doubt that frankness has its virtues, and no one would care particularly to bring back the old days when there were unmentionables galore, "worse than death's," and "you mean-'s". On the other hand, there is something to be said for the common, or garden variety, of politeness. It used to be said that a woman could travel from one end of this country to the other without meeting with discourtesy or insult--now it appears, even Mr. Auburn Street...