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There is no class of reading that will repay better the time and effort given than biography. In the Sale, inaugurated today, at Community Book Shop, one may find a wonderful list of books about the great, the interesting, and the accomplishing personages of this and other eras. A perusal of the following titles will convince the reader that here is an opportunity not to be missed. Unique are these books, and worth while...
...annual report of Dr. Henry S. Pritchett, president of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, continues to repay adventurous excavators. It has been discovered that he said, apropos of freak " special " courses in the public schools: " If the demands of the schools continue to increase at the present rate, the inability of society to pay the cost must bring about radical curtailments...
...seems a small gain to repay four years of seeking. But according to the article it should bring distinction in college and the greatest personal satisfaction afterwards. At least it will train a man to higher self-expression in whatever he undertakes--a gift that in itself is no small recompense...
...service of high idealism and in that service in peace time the college man has not done the part he should. We are all of us educated more or less by the public; that is, our tuition does not pay the cost of our education. We ought to repay this to the State by giving it a special service...
...made the greatest sacrifice and it should be the duty of the country not to put him at a great disadvantage. Nothing is too good for our citizen soldiers," he declared emphatically. When asked if the Bonus was not more of a "tip" given in a feeble attempt to repay a service which could not be valued in terms of dollars, he said: "Last night I was speaking before an audience composed largely of veternas and I was proud to see that this objection was raised." But in spite of this fact, Mr. Vaile felt that such an objection...