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...education for all. By 1921 President Obregón began to send missionaries into the rural districts to establish secular schools. A constitutional amendment in 1934 gave the Government control of all primary and secondary education, directed that it should be socialistic. Today, despite the bitter opposition of the Roman Catholic Church to the new educational plan, Mexico has some 23,000 secular schools with more than 2,000,000 students getting no religious instruction; 86% of its primary schools are supported by the Federal or State Governments. All these schools preach "the doctrine of economic interdependence and social service...
England. At Maiden Castle in Dorsetshire are the remains of a fortress built and manned by the Belgie people before the Roman invasion (First Century). Last fortnight it was reported from London that the Maiden Castle diggers had uncovered a haphazard burial area containing about 30 skeletons. Some of the skulls and bones were nicked as if by weapons. Apparently the Belgies had made an ill-advised sortie from the stronghold to meet oncoming Romans, who slaughtered them. Aside from the marks of battle, however, the skeletons were well preserved, were expected to shed light on the physical characteristics...
...magazines: Esquire, Ballyhoo, Film Fun, Peek, See, Sex Guide, Sheer Folly and 97 others; in Denver, Colo. The agency: a committee headed by Right Reverend Hugh L. McMenamin, rector of the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Reason: pictures and advertisements "suggestive of sex." Authority: Colorado law forbids distribution of obscene literature, provides for mandatory fines and jail sentences for violators. Fortnight ago. Mayor Benjamin F. Stapleton of Denver appointed the McMenamin committee, instructed his police to enforce any bans it might make. If magazine distributors object to police action, they can sue the police in court...
Sociology 6 offers an historical comparison of selected cultures (Primitive, Hindu, Greco-Roman, Mediaeval, and Modern European). Until now this course has occupied a full year and consisted of unrelated and digressive lectures by a number of men in the department, which was almost impossible for Parsons to connect. This year the course will be reduced to a half year and Parsons will give it all. It should be a good course...
...gems cover a wide range of style, from the primitive Minoan scenes through the Hellenistic and Roman carvings of elegant gods and realistic portraits...