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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Another newspaper passed from wondering comment to prediction. "The new disposition of the students to look behind the faculty desks is a sign of a growing keenness in education," they said. "The first colleges were bands of students, seeking eagerly, telling the teachers what they wanted, and demanding it. The college of the future, judging by present tendencies, will be decidedly cooperative, with the students sharing the control...
OBEY-- Is a word never to be taken too literally. It is the sign of a very novice so to misconstrue a ladies Intention as to obey orders pronounced only for form's sake...
...Yale Corporation, the administrative body of the University, has appointed a committee to meet jointly with the Yale faculty to reach a permanent solution of the problem. The Yale News plans to verify the results of its balloting by asking every voter to sign a petition supporting the stand he took when he voted. This document will be presented to the committee...
...probably the Senate) may reject the compromise and send it back once or several times until a satisfactory compromise is reached. Then both Houses will pass it perfunctorily, it will be engrossed and sent to the President. He will consult with his Cabinet, especially Secretary Mellon. He may then sign it with or without remarks, or he may veto it, in which case it goes back to Congress- but speculation too far into the future is fruitless...
Hence the convention that will meet at Princeton early in December is a note-worthy sign of this reawakening. Its avowed aims are to crystallize student opinion on the World Court and to attempt some kind of permanent organization among college students for the study of foreign affairs. Any influence, of course, which college students can bring to bear on the national government in favor of the World Court is desirable in itself, as also is the type of organization, which is planned. Yet, even if the Princeton convention accomplishes nothing in the way of concrete results, it will still...