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Entertaining indeed, this South Carolina political system. Of course, there is but one party- Democratic; and the State Democratic Committee controls the entire procedure, pays all bills, arranges speaking programs, allots expenses on a pro-rata basis. Aspirants speak seriatim the same night in the same place, a method obviously conducive to personalities and retorts discourteous. In this "joint debate" system the old-style ranters of the Dial-Blease ilk rave, rage, fume, spume, howl- over imaginary issues. Under these conditions Washington really expects long-haired sombreroed political buffoons-and that is just what Washington sometimes gets, although Senator Smith...
...Interstate Commerce Commission would have the power to approve or reject such mergers. During this three-year period any railway which earns more than 6% on its valuation may place half the excess in a reserve fund, and must give the remaining half to the Government for distribution pro rata among railways which have earned less than...
...plan for such consolidation, and carriers with the aid of the Commission can acquire the property of other carriers by condemnation proceedings. Until the plan of the Commission is completed, all railways not consolidated must give all earnings in excess of 6% to the Government for distribution pro rata among the roads which earn less than...
...company of 450 U. S. students, all men, from the last year of preparatory school upwards, "enrolled on a basis of character pro rata from the different states"; a faculty of 40 able instructors chosen widely throughout the land; an 18,000-ton steamer; an itinerary for the steamer including 35 foreign countries between Manhattan and Manhattan via the seven seas; a curriculum for the students including 34 college courses, credit for which would be given by shore colleges?in a word, a seagoing, globe-trotting university operated on the usual shore basis with scheduled class hours, strict discipline...
...strange then that Harvard College graduates, recognizing the right of Harvard undergraduates to precede them but denying that graduate school men should share pro rata in ticket distribution with them when there is only a limited number of seats at Harvard's disposal, should ask the H. A. A. to heed this situation? May we hope that the words of Harvard College spoken by its official spokesman, the CRIMSON, will bear weight for the future? SoL A. ROSENBLATT...