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There is a mysterious quirk in a twenty year old will which prevents the name "Kirkland" from gracing the ultra-official roster of the Houses. But the legal insistence upon the names of George, James, and Persist Smith is one of the more fortunate accidents in the errant science of nomenclature. For today, the Kirkland House preserves intact the heritage of its days as a Freshman playground. From any point of view it is on the periphery of the House plan: its mundane quadrangle embraces an independence and unity which others have sought vainly to inspire; it has developed...
...that they abound in discouraging numbers, indicates that they would be equally cheap labor. Those graduate students whom they would displace might secure aid through correcting papers or proctoring, duties less arduous and less responsible. There is surely no reason why this anomalous situation should be allowed to persist...
...Rogers Building, a former gymnasium, was torn down about a week ago. Excavations for the new building were begun at once and are expected to be finished about a week from now, if the present favorable conditions persist. When the excavations have been completed the actual construction work will begin and probably will be done in eight or nine months. No difficulties with strikers or communist agitators are expected because of the present economic conditions...
Belief. Does Japan already have a secret war chest-tons of gold bullion salted down before her yen went off the gold standard? (TIME, Dec. 21, 1931). Rumors persist in Tokyo that this treasure exists, but such secrets are always well kept. To this day Germans do not know whether their Imperial Government really had a War Chest in 1914. Fabulous but kindling to Teuton imaginations, it was supposed to consist of four huge vaults set in living rock beneath a ruined castle, the combinations of the vaults being known only to Kaiser Wilhelm II and to two officers...
...these students are dudes, toughs, and gladiators. This situation may exist in the Cantabrigian institution, but the number does not dictate student sentiment. The moral corruption and extravagance rests almost solely in a limited class. It is in this group only that little study, fast life and immoral actions persist...