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...Senate sees Elmer Austin Benson take a place beside Minnesota's Hendrik Shipstead as No. 2 Farmer-Laborite Senator. Benson's age: 40. His manner: mild, cautious. His religion: Lutheran. His disposition: silent Norwegian determination. His habits : abstemious. His appearance: well-groomed. His instinct: righteous conservatism in everything except politics. Until two years ago he was a bank cashier in his native Appleton. Minn., a man who displayed his deep-seated ambition by being hardworking, meticulous, self-denying and an ardent Farmer-Laborite. Then Governor Olson made him State Securities Commissioner, later State Banking Commissioner. His appointment...
...unfortunately every now and again, these eminently ethical and righteous institutions step over the line, whether by spotting examination questions, thereby vitiating the purpose of examinations, or by undertaking work intended to be original with the student, thereby vitiating the accomplishment of ex-President Lowell's much emphasized "self-education", and become obnoxious, unethical, unscrupulous, instruments of the Devil. Let us hope that the institutions concerned will quickly withdraw their proffers of help in the book reports of Philosophy B, and avoid otherwise necessary action on the part of the University...
...intention to become involved in the polemics now being bandied about by professional sensationalists of the Press and Righteous Reverends, upon the one hand, and members of the student body upon the other. Those who advocate a new padlock for the stable are not only a little late in so doing, but they also seem to be doing it from a purely personal viewpoint: the Press of Boston because the subject makes good copy; the Pastors of Cambridge because they perhaps think that now is an excellent time to steer a few of the wayward flock into the fold...
...Manchurain adventure, England remained sublimely all of to the many pleas for naval action against the aggressor. Now in parallel circumstances the lordly power takes measures of intimidation and oppression against the new aggressor, and induces a large part of the rest of the world to join in righteous indignation. No explanation other than imperial interest can begin to account for these merry-go-round tactics...
...fight the real evils in the Nazi regime with swords of tin. To overcome fascism, racial discrimination, and militant foreign policy one must strive for participation in world affairs, willingness to sacrifice economic advantages, and freedom of speech and action. A boycott on the Olympics will only produce righteous moral satisfaction...