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...point which his means justify." Thus, young, able Mr. Dulles is lost to the Department of State after serving with distinction for ten years in Europe and the Near East. Even the New York Times became editorially excited: "A Franklin could live in modest chambers and wear the plainest of clothes while representing an infant republic. But the world- like the American people-demands today that the United States be less niggardly toward its officials abroad." Within the last two years Congress has also decided that something ought to be done to lift the U. S. diplomat...
...fulfill the Old Testament prophecy of the second coming of the Son of God. In their midst he had died. They carried him over the long river bridge in sombre procession to a hill without the city, and buried him at sunset, simply, in white shroud and plainest wooden coffin...
...smallest village, the plainest home, give ample space for the resources of the college trained woman." It was Alice Freeman Palmer, star leader in the advancement of highest education for women, who put in these words the philosophy that guided her life from its humble beginning to its triumphant conclusion...
RAIN-The tale of a California harlot marooned in a dripping South Sea wilderness inhabited by U. S. marines and missionaries. In plainest English...
...plainest lessons to be learned from this affair is that one week is too short a time to come between such important meetings. Another is that some effective organization of the University is needed through which the students can express their opinion of such performances as the one under discussion, and through which they can ask for an explanation of some kind from the responsible persons. As it is, the Athletic Committee regulates the conduct of athletics merely in a kind of a general way: the actual management of the teams is in the hands of the captains and their...