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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...recent issue of the New York State Bulletin, which is the official organ of "an independent, non-partisan, Statewide civic organization for constructive legislation and responsible and economic government," there is a well-deserved tribute to the services rendered at Albany by Senator Ellwood M. Rabenold '04. The writer of the article pays bomage to Mr. Rabenold's moral earnestness, his personal integrity, his profound grasp of the real problems of state, and his altogether exceptional effectiveness as a speaker. These qualities, one might think, would suffice to make anyone an altogether acceptable Solon. It is not often that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: To The Manner Born | 12/16/1924 | See Source »

When politicians turn for a moment from investigations and log-rolling activities to less congenial employment the result is usually highly interesting. And when the discussion wanders to the field of literature it is as frequently highly entertaining. The debate on the Rabenold "Clean Book" bill at Albany has proved no exception to the rule. Rabalais, Thomas Paine, and "Uncle Tom's Cabin" have been tossed about in a manner quite disrespectful to "classics." And lost in the maze of pleasant literary reminiscences the heat of debate be dissipated, a sulphurous ring of vituperative phrases has been struck. "This amendment...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE BRASS CHECK" | 3/20/1924 | See Source »

...flood of spring literature might first be directed to European maris for critical expurgation. What would sheek the American might not necessarily be considered unusual by the European: but if European progressiveness in this respect were as slavishly aped as some other European characteristics, such medieval measures as the Rabenold Bill would find little support...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "THE BRASS CHECK" | 3/20/1924 | See Source »

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