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...Purer water, increasing the supply to a billion gallons a day; better police and fire protection; cleaner streets; improved health conditions--Contributing to New York City's conspicuous place among the safest and healthiest cities in the world...
Whatever the reasons, Mr. Dyar's example may prove of value to everyone. Even the college undergraduate, weary of intellectual work which seems unending, may turn to an humbler and a purer diversion in his spare time by assisting the workmen in the Yard. In which case it may be proved that the person who last spring lighted the fire in Massachusetts Hall was neither a criminal nor a lunatic, but a philanthropic psychologist of unusually far and reaching vision...
What Shall Children Be Told About War? Education has always consisted of an alloy of education and propaganda; and there is no evidence that more scientific methods have produced a purer product. At a recent conference of Congregationalists in Massachusettes, a resolution was proposed looking to the education of children in the sinfulness " of attempting to settle international disputes by means of war." There was apparently a good deal of discussion as to the proper form of words and the convention refused to resolve that children should be brought up " to the idea of the futility and wrong...
...pleasing delusion among the supporters of this recommendation that as soon as the more conservative elements of the government are removed, there will remain no force hostile to them. It is not impossible that, when the judicial has been extracted, the Federation will find in a "purer" democracy an uncertainty more dangerous to their interests than any opposition they have hitherto had to overcome. The Federation's recent recommendation somewhat resembles a challenge to the fates...
...They will simply remove collegiate athletics a little farther from the realms of professionalism toward which they have drifted much too far, Under the new regime we may not turn out soon perfectly-drilled machines, but we shall turn out as physically fit man who, in addition, have a purer love for their chosen sport. And we shall have more of them. Each step from Professionalism toward real amateurism will bring increasing numbers of poorer players out for teams. These are the very men who need the exercise, who need this opportunity for physical development. Their presence on the fields...