Word: nationally
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sincere and unbiased criticism of the New Deal heard in this country came from the lips of ex-Governor Alfred E. Smith speaking before the Liberty League in New York Saturday night. With no trace of personal bitterness or ravings, but with fairness and in plain terms, did the nation's leading "conservative Democrat" call the administration to task for its neglected party pledges and its wanderings from the paths of constitutionality. An especial tribute to Mr. Smith's sincerity of purpose is the fact that the Liberty League, at first evidently affected by the dinner and convivial atmosphere, grew...
Although, to some, such a service to the head of a foreign nation may seem singular, all feelings of partisanship are lost when one remembers the world-wide role he played, and the example he set. The coming service is not to George of England, but to the man who as King of England performed a difficult task so well that his death became an international loss. In view of this it is to be hoped that by its attendance at the Tuesday morning service the Harvard undergraduate body will take an active part in the national tribute...
...perhaps particularly important in these days when the academic institutions of more than one country have been crippled by persecution, that our anniversary be utilized to demonstrate to the nation at large the significance of all our colleges and universities. We hope that the events of this three hundredth year of Harvard's existence may awaken in many minds a consciousness of the necessity of preserving that great scholarly tradition of education and free inquest which first came to these shores three centuries...
...compared with the past, we appear to be entering a static period in our social history. This being the case, the problem we now face as a nation is not one of expanding to any great degree our facilities for handling college and university students. It is rather that of improving the selective machinery in our school system which should sort out those who can profit most by four years of colleges and a subsequent professional training...
Arriving from all directions, the ranking swordsmen of the nation will gather at M.I.T. Saturday to take part in a major tryout for the 1936 Olympics. This fencing tournament is to be the largest ever staged in this country. At 3 o'clock on Saturday the competition will open in the Walker Memorial with the preliminary foils bouts...