Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...believing our ears. It is getting so, these days, with the baseball scandal and the biographies of George Washington, that you can't believe anything. Our ears are not as righteous as some cars we know. Our incorruptibility, on the other hand, is a by word--or should we say, perhaps, not a buy-word...
...publication of the first recognition and even encouragement of the student's constructive part in the formulation of his education has become increasingly more general due to the cumulative effect of a legion of small incidents demonstrating the possibilities of such student activity. It is hardly too much to say that only with those who see education as something dead and sacred a holy mystery sacrosanct from inquiring eyes, a cut to be accepted with quick faith and stifled question, will such a venture as the Confidential Guide now find disfavor...
Happily, the rumor commented upon by the Alumni Bulletin is well founded. Mr. Seymour, Secretary to the University for Information, was quoted last evening in the Transcript to the effect that the University had no plan whatsoever to purchase President Eliot's house. This to say the least, is misleading. There is a definite move, set on foot by several graduates, to give money to the University for the purchase. It is for that, and that reason only, that the house has not yet been sold. It is inconceivable that a plan which has so many delightful angles will...
Charles Gates Dawes: " 'That would be assuming,' said I last week over the telephone to a news-gatherer who asked me to say something to the U. S. people for New Year. 'That would not be modest,' said I next, to a proposition to wish them a 'Happy New Year.' The persistent fellow then asked if I would wish him a Happy New Year. 'Happy New Year,' said...
Astute Crooks. People say crooks are mentally deficient. Never believe it. Convicts of the "lowest" criminal type were given the Army intelligence tests and they passed far above average. Crime is a business for shrewd men. To stop it, make crime unprofitable and shrewd men will stay honest. ?Manager James H. Hepbron, Baltimore Criminal Justice Commission...