Word: spite
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spite of its subject-one of the most negative Presidents the U. S. ever had- orrl the fact that Country Editor William Allen White voted for Coolidge and wrote a partisan biography in 1925, this biography is a sharpshooting, puncturing book, at once the most human portrait of Coolidge the man, the most devastating portrait of Coolidge the politician, and the best account of the Coolidge bull market that has yet appeared...
...trite subject matter, "Hold That Coed," current feature at the University is good entertainment. The gags go over well; the songs are fair. George Murphy, the coy hero, might be popular with the Radcliffe girls, but he doesn't stand up against John Barrymore who really acts in spite of his absurd part as governor-politician who gains reelection by backing his successful college football team. "Broadway Musketeers" is slushy-sentimental and not recommended. A short on gliding and soaring is well worth seeing for those interested in that most wonderful of sports...
This view disregards what could be another--and perhaps more--valuable function of freshman tutorial: namely to aid in helping the student to choose his final field of concentration. In spite of the broad outlook afforded by survey courses, and in spite of the availability of advanced courses to selected freshmen, the choice is often made haphazardly. The possibilities of a miss are too great, necessitating subsequent readjustments and consequent failure to capitalize fully on the benefits of the tutorial system. A solution lies in the use of freshman tutorial as a means of helping students to distinguish their aptitudes...
...years, but in simpler language, that among the chief defects in our capitalist system which must be remedied if we are to escape abnormally long depression periods is the restriction of production to maintain price. It is of prime importance, he observes, that production be kept going in spite of decreasing returns. Otherwise the closing up of productive units is self-perpetuating, prolonging the depression period...
...course supply such a background? Will it not be too superficial to be of any lasting value? This is another objection to the idea, but the answer seems to be that History 1, Government 1, and Economics A have certain advantages in this case which make them worthwhile in spite of a possible superficiality. If well taught, one such course can open up an entirely new field of thought to the student, and can help to jolt loose many of the biases that have been based on ignorance. It can give him some ability to pick the right material...