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...necessary step toward enforcement of prohibition is the consolidation of public opinion in its favor; but as long as there is any question of its merits in the public mind it will be well nigh impossible, as the past few years have clearly illustrated, to obtain this unity. It would seem that a wise policy calls for further expressions like that of Dr. Butler in order that a consensus of opinion may be reached. If the arguments for prohibition were strong enough to persuade a people to adopt it, they ought to be strong enough to persuade a nation...
...Bowdoin would have to its credit a victory over Harvard, and moundsman Robinson might have his hat in the baseball Hall of Fame reserved for pitchers of no-hit games. For the last eight innings the Bowdoin twirler had the Crimson eating out of his hand hitless and well nigh runless; but since he had no magic lamp to rub, the first inning must stand, leaving Harvard a 6 to 3 victor and Robinson not an immortal, but only a defeated pitcher...
...scandal disclosures in Washington. "The encouraging thing at present is the evidence of a well-nigh complete return to normal methods of action, and a sane public opinion...
Some ten days ago the Governor and the Senator drew nigh each to each...
Merely as an examination of a candidate's background of acquired facts and his ability to correlate them, the New Plan has decided advantages. To cram during a few weeks previous to the examination upon material studied during approximately four years' preparation is well-nigh impossible, or so it seems to those faced by divisionals; whereas the Old Plan, resembling more in character our final examinations, permits, as the tutoring schools prove, cramming. To pass the comprehensive examination, the sub-Freshmen must have that grasp of what facts he has acquired presupposed of a candidate for his college degree...