Word: reformations
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Upon his return to America he was prominent in the formation of the American Legion, finally being nominated for the presidency of the organization, which honor he declined. In 1919 he was elected to the New York State Assembly, where he has been an advocate of many reform bills and prominent in the fight for clean politics. He is also the author of "Average Americans," which was published...
Every field of human activity has its peculiar innovation in this age of radical reform. The Fabians and their kin are busy penning their scholarly dissertations; and more humble intelligensia, essays for handbill and pamphlet. The artist folk, in timely appeal to the aesthetic boobery, sanctions and cherishes Armfield's "synthetic drama" and the futurist antics of Marinetti. The reader of the newspapers learns with astonishment that the aeroplane has been successfully adopted by criminals for purpose of escape, and that Trotzky is producing a series of communistic plays which he is forcing the hapless Russians to attend...
...that organization. He declined this honor, however, and returned to private life. In 1919 he was elected to the Assembly of New York, where he was opposed to the ousting of the Socialist members of the Assembly a short while ago. He is also a leader in many reform bills, and has taken a prominent part in spreading the doctrine of "clean politics...
...courses which are open to undergraduates include Social Ethics 16, The Kingdom of Evil, of which Doctor Cabot will also be in charge, and Social Ethics 6 and 15, two courses conducted by Assistant Professor R. F. Foerster '06 and dealing respectively with Unemployment and Recent Theories of Social Reform...
...present there seems to be no co-ordination between tutors; some meet their advisees for ten minutes monthly, while others hold two hours of conferences a week. As long as this irregular condition remains, it is impossible for the college office to assign course credit for tutorial work,--the reform suggestion which seems most popular among the undergraduate body...