Word: opinionated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Yesterday's paper contains a short but important criticism of the University's stand regarding the refugee problem. It represents without doubt a large and sincere body of opinion that can't be dismissed by merely calling names. There seems to me to be two fallacious sources for this attack, both a sort of refuge whereby one runs away from the problem at hand with the attitude "What do I care"? In the one case, recognition of the facts can debase the argument. As for the other, it must be verified by each individual for himself...
...availability increasing more and more as time goes on, and the handicaps of other possible appointees becoming more marked, Felix Frankfurter, Byrne Professor of Administrative Law in the Law School, is today the most likely man in the country be appointed to the United States Supreme Court, in the opinion of leading political experts...
...served in Congress, in addition to his judicial experience. Politically perhaps his appointment would not be the expedient for the President, for New Mexico is rarely a crucial state, with its three electoral votes. Denman is a weak judge in a weak circuit, according to the best legal opinion of the Pacific Coast, while Senator Schwelleubach has numerous drawbacks...
...spectacle staged for the entertainment of the public? The Tournament of Roses officials are now being seriously criticized for nominating Duke to play the University of Southern California in the floral classic. Apparently some feel that the public would prefer Texas Christian University to the Blue Devils. This opinion has been crystallized in the words of certain Californian sports writers, one of whom, Bill Henry, of the Los Angeles Times, says, "The Trojans apparently don't give a whoop who or what the public wants . . . a good many people are going to be of the opinion that the Trojans ignored...
Coach Clipper Smith, whose Wildeat teams have been tied but undefeated in 20 games since 1936, voiced the opinion that Texas Tech "was on the upgrade" but that Villanova had hoped for a crack at Texas Christian, Carnegie Tech "or a team of that calibre...