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...dictionary, and the Sears-Roebuck catalogue. Though it is supposed to give, word for word, the speeches in both Houses, their speakers would hardly recognize them. Vituperative Congressmen who lose their tempers and sense of fitness of things while on their feet, and ignorant Senators who make glaring mis-statements, are careful to exchange such remarks from their permanently preserved speeches in the Record. On the other hand, statesmen who find passages in current periodicals which agree with their own principles, obtain unanimous consent to have them reprinted in the Record, in heavy type so that the words of wisdom...
With characteristic skill, many of the metropolitan newspapers have taken up the University's problem of admitting negroes to the Freshman dormitories, and have mis-emphasized it in such a way as to give a false impression. A plain statement of facts is the only basis for judgement, and the letters printed on another page supply those facts. Students who discuss the question may be assured of one thing; that President Lowell has not acted hastily, and that he has acted as he believes is best for all interests. Regardless of personal bias, everyone must acknowledge that his explanation...
...statemente made in yesterday's editorial (December 7th) dealing with the public career of Robert Marion La Follette are nothing short of unmitigated slander. Either you have deliberately mis-represented the facts, or you are ignorant of them. If the former is the case, let me repeat, even at the expense of boring you, that you do not have to agree with a man to give him a square deal. But if the latter is the case, allow me to recommend considerable further study of the life and policies of the Senator from Wisconsin. A fair editorial cannot be based...
Malcolm, Pitman Sharp 2L, of Madison Mis.--Book Review Editor...
...appeared to enjoy his rounds with men forty pounds under his weight fully as much as the rest of us did. His telephone scene, although a much-overworked subject, is saved by a plentiful dose of Mr. Watson's personality. He is more violent and less clever than Mis Shaw, but gets many good laughs...