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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...faith: "I have made my ethical code out of the hunger and thirst after social righteousness. Such a formula makes life comparatively simple, and it makes religion simple. I took God's help for granted in the work I was doing." A pragmatist who believes that the proof of the pill is in the action, he defines truth as "ideas which aid us to build more capable minds and bodies." A hard worker, never strong, with an equally high-strung wife, he has naturally been drawn to Aesculapian cults, to the seamstress side of religion. Both his wives were...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Aesculapian God | 1/27/1936 | See Source »

...better way than by the appointment of Dr. Payson Smith to the Graduate School of Education. Even aside from his country-wide reputation as an educator, the story of his banishment from the State House at the instigation of the present Governor of the Commonwealth should be proof enough of the man's worth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RECOGNIZING AN EDUCATOR | 1/17/1936 | See Source »

That such organization is a crying need, particularly in elementary courses, which can best be described in terms of bulk and indigestion, needs little proof. Many professors and instructors advocate going to tutoring schools for just such a purpose. Words heard at the end of the term in one large elementary course, "Now, gentlemen, we turn you over to our unofficial confreres on the Square", express and attitude all too prevalent and reveal internal weakness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ORGANIZATION OR INDIGESTION | 1/15/1936 | See Source »

...they are now against any peaceful solution which is not against Fascism. Last week they opened a whispering campaign to the effect that only the corruption of the tellers of the French Chamber of Deputies accounts for the recent majorities received by Premier Pierre Laval. Without a scrap of proof, they rumored that the majority of 20 won by the Laval Cabinet after the Premier's defense of his efforts to make peace at Ethiopia's expense would have been a majority of only eight had the votes been honestly counted. Most Frenchmen promptly asked each other...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BELGIUM: King for Peace | 1/13/1936 | See Source »

...proof of this can hardly be more conclusive than the example of the Government's other scheme for taking money out of the hands of one group and placing it in those of another, the redistribution implied in payments to veterans. This began with an entirely commendable and necessary end, the reward to soldiers who had risked their lives in defense of their country...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENSION POLL | 1/13/1936 | See Source »

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