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Conant did say, however, that "only the most unrealistic optimist would believe that the accidental interplay of social and economic forces has resulted in the selection of the right 11 per cent of our youth for college work...
...last week it was apparent to even the most confirmed optimist that the U. S. is in the midst of a business depression quite severe enough to explain the 40% drop of the New York stock market in the past three months. But in Wall Street there is still much talk that the market's fall is due primarily to such "technical reasons" as lack of liquidity brought on by too much Government regulation. Regarded, therefore, as something of a seer is the Stock Exchange's President Charles R. Gay, who sounded off against Government regulation...
...Words But Proofs!" No facile optimist, the King is known at court to feel that continuance of Europe's piling up of armaments at the present rate can only lead at last to a major war. The alternative, as His Majesty sees it, is for statesmen to learn something about economics and apply what they learn toward easing the world's stresses & strains, instead of holding endless conferences in terms of politics & prestige. King Leopold last summer made a public appeal for action along these lines so trenchant that the London Laborite Daily Herald said it "may alter...
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...Association, trying out the swimming pool. On his second birthday he joined the Baker Friendly Indian Club, receiving a coupstick signifying bravery in battle. On his third birthday he was initiated as the youngest GraY member in Evansville. This year he celebrated his fourth birthday by joining the Junior Optimist Club...