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...special meeting of the freshmen should be called in the Union. In the meantime, all persons propagating pressing contracts should have been collected on the rostrum. After the one thousand and one Freshmen have comfortably arranged their various anatomies over the couches and lounges supplied for the purpose the starter should put the salesmen on their marks, get them ready, and start them off on their individual talks. If after three hours, they are still speaking fluently, which is most probable, I think slight refreshments should be served. In case the dining halls have not opened, this will be greatly...
...Government's management of its merchant marine was last week again subordinated to a quarrel among the managers. The Shipping Board mounted its rostrum and announced the removal of Admiral Leigh C. Palmer as Chairman of the Emergency Fleet Corporation and the appointment of Elmer E. Crowley of Massachusetts as his successor. Admiral Palmer was offered a subordinate post and declined it. His exit was followed by the exit of a number of his subordinates, some following him out of loyalty, others ousted by the Board "for the sake of efficiency...
Oxford will be represented by H. J. S. Wedderburn, H. V. Floyd-Jones, and R. H. Bernays. Harvard will send to the rostrum W. D. Chapman '27, president of the Debating Council, Barrett Williams '28, and R. S. Fanning 3L. in that order...
...debate. The question to be debated is, "Resolved, That the growth and activities of the Socialist movement are detrimental to social progress". In trying to convince the audience of the truth of their contention, each side will be allowed 45 minutes, each man being given 15 minutes on the rostrum. No rebuttals are anticipated, but by mutual agreement before the debate, the teams may be allowed to refute formally their opponents' contentions...
...have just finished reading the derogatory, fault-finding letters of several of your self-styled "charter subscribers." They have roused my ire-me, a mere newcomer to the ranks of TIME readers. I feel it my duty to mount the rostrum of Free Speech, to defend TIME, once more to proclaim the independence of the Press-its inalienable right to be frank with its readers and itself. Truth is the only legitimate censor of the Public Press. Errors (not lies) find their way into the printed page as they do in the spoken word. In speech, they are excused...