Word: retain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...life tenure permanent judgeships. Twenty-five of them are now held by judges over 70 years of age and eligible to leave the bench on full pay. Originally no pension or retirement allowance was provided by the Congress. ... In exceptional cases, of course, judges, like other men, retain to an advanced age full mental and physical vigor. Those not so fortunate are often unable to perceive their own infirmities. 'They seem to be tenacious of the appearance of adequacy...
...three inferior courts, which would be changed thus: Each sitting judge would complete his elective term. At the next election, put on the ballot without political affiliation or opposition, he would be voted on. A majority of votes against any one judge would eliminate him, otherwise he would retain office for ten years...
...algebra. In addition it would eliminate much of the time wasted in stagnant perplexity during the laboratory period. As for reforming the reading material, we can suggest nothing better than to hustle Professor Frickey over to the nearest publisher and Problems" enlarged to text-book dimensions. If he will retain their leisurely throughness and simplicity, his "Notes" should have no peer on the market. These two basic reforms can raise Economics 21a to one of the best and most worthwhile courses in the department...
Graham Cummin reigns among the backstrokers, and should find little difficulty in floating through an undefeated season. Last year, Cummin broke the intercollegiate record, but was able to retain his title for only one week. In the next meet, against Princeton, he suffered his only dual defeat of the season but forced his rival to lower the mark he had set up. This son of Nassau is not competing this winter, which should leave things pretty much Cummin's way. Crosby Keller will be his understudy...
...protestations of sincerity they booed and he winced. In silence they heard him say: ''I am ... convinced that any unbiased person . . . would be warranted in concluding that it was not desirable in the best interests of the university to retain Dr. Frank's services as president." Peculiar was the position of Acting President Sellery, an arch-conservative educator called affectionately by some, contemptuously by others, "The Old Tory." In 1917 he and most of the rest of Wisconsin's faculty signed a round robin denouncing old Father "Fighting Bob" La Follette for his pacifism. La Follette...