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Succinctly, then, the charge is this: That American undergraduates, even Harvard undergraduates, are taught not to think, but to accumulate card catalogues. It would be stupid to maintain that no advance had been made, and to overlook the growth of tutorial and general examination systems. But it would be even more stupid to insist that all is well. It is reasonably obvious that the cornerstone of, for example, a Harvard man's A.B. resembles very closely a collection of fifteen course grades; and it is certainly obvious to observers that those grades are acquired not through the medium of substantial...
...British or the Swiss, has developed with this poison at its roots, and ours cannot escape the rule. Talk of driving the moneychangers out of the temple may be Biblical, and, as in the Bible, they have been driven from the vestibule of our own. But we should not overlook the pews, now the takers of the collection. POLLUX...
General Johnson well appreciated that it was no half-an-hour job for a great industry to draft a constitution for itself, but he could not overlook that some industries were making fine profits now and might be in no hurry to raise their labor costs by adopting codes. With this in mind, Attorney General Cummings gave General Johnson a hand by calling industry's attention to the fact that the anti-trust laws are not suspended except for industries which had adopted trade codes approved by the President. General Johnson and the President wanted haste, wanted pressure...
...that in case of a U. S.-Japanese war. Lower California will become another Belgium, invaded by both countries. Spies, wrote General Seyde. have decided among themselves that the opening battle of this hypothetical war will be fought about a district known as the Five Hills. The Five Hills overlook a natural undefended harbor. Held by U. S. artillery they would prevent the landing of Japanese troops. Held by Japan they would protect her base. The Five Hills are just far enough from the U. S. frontier to give Japan a fairly even break in a race from...
...could overlook the lack of plot in "Ein Nacht im Paradies," if it had any of the qualities that in the past have made German musical-comedy films refreshing and amusing. But the photography is blurred, the parts overacted, and there is not a waltz during the whole performance...