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...Sanctions, when organized in advance and consequently en masse, can prevent war. On the contrary the application of improvised Sanctions, that is partial and piecemeal Sanctions, may, by reason of their dubiousness, lead...
Unfortunately, however, the present course, being of only half a year's duration, leaves the would-be orator in a state of partial development, like an engine whose improperly adjusted cylinders permit it to function, but not to function to the best of its ability. Just at the time when the fundamentals have been fully comprehended and the student is prepared to go on to a study of the finer points of the art, the course comes to an end. It is my opinion, and I think that I reflect the opinion of most of the men in the course...
...partial scheme was tried last year in order that Freshmen might have a look at the Houses before they made their formal choices. The administrative difficulties were easily and effectively handled, since the difference in the meal rates--$8 and $8.50--amounted to only a slight bit over 2 cents per meal...
There will be a radio debate with Oxford some time in February. Besides this one, the dates of the various debates next spring, according to a tentative and partial schedule as drawn up by Irving Murray '36, Secretary of the Debating Council...
...upon the young, forcing them to accept destiny instead of fighting it, the incessant pressure of conservative institutions such as home and the church, these are the ghosts which Ibsen is trying to lay. The technical and literary genius of his work was certainly a militant force in the partial defeat of these ghosts but in so struggling against concepts in a transitory form rather than basic realities he placed his work upon a transitory basis. We can still appreciate his skill, but we cannot hail him as of an age with us, Ibsen is now more of an historic...