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...Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, in the words of the Nation, "finds it well-nigh impossible to make good traditional Republicans out of young persons infected with the heresies of university theorists." The only solution he can offer to this ever-increasing problem, which is presented in the accompanying press clipping, is to lead American youth to citizenship in some new and hitherto undiscovered fashion, entirely independent, of the evils of education...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NEW MENACE | 4/22/1931 | See Source »

...best testimonial our colleges and universities have had in a long time comes from the lips of that sterling patriot and spender of special party funds, Robert H. Lucas, executive director of the Republican National Committee, who finds it well-nigh impossible to make good traditional Republicans out of young persons infected with the heresies of university theorists. Says the practical Mr. Lucas...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THE PRESS | 4/22/1931 | See Source »

...investigator soon discovers that the prevalent attitudes toward the examination fall into three rather clearly defined classes. Some educators--relatively few, to be sure--would abandon all examinations. They hold that examinations, especially those set and graded by an out-side agency, make it well-nigh impossible for them to do their best teaching...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In the Graduate Schools | 2/3/1931 | See Source »

Gabriel Sash was a stony acorn who planted himself in Kentucky soil in 1769. He was a hunter, and by way of being a desperate character. Living in a settlement drove him nigh crazy, and when he had stood the confinement of married life six months, he lit out for the woods and never came back. But he left behind him the beginnings of the Sash family. His only-son, James, was a mild-tempered man, who spent most of his life fighting the Indians, French, English. After the wars were over, he married a beautiful nun and settled down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bluegrass History* | 1/12/1931 | See Source »

Gloom, black and well nigh impenetrable, has settled over the ancient halls and stained glass windows of Elihu Yale. They say it reaches almost to Camden. Feline yawps, augmented by the throaty bellows of the Theological Students, rend the quivering air. For on the eve of one of the classic gridiron spectacles of the East, news of a most alarming nature has trickled through to New Haven. (The above use of "trickled" is with deepest intent, as will appear shortly...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ALCO-YALE | 11/14/1930 | See Source »

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