Word: statements
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rejection of the recommendation was not due to any prejudice against the social and economics views of Drs. Walsh and Sweezy, and on the whole through. Nonetheless, in its disregard of the financial element involved--which seems to be the touchstone of the affair--and in its careless statement that the President's ruling concerning the promotion of instructors in Economics "subordinated educational values to financial exigencies," the Committee destroyed its own case. There is little doubt that Mr. Conant's fears in 1936 regarding the financial condition of the University were justified; at the present time the University...
...Literatures choose that field either to learn the grammar and writing of French, Spanish or Italian; to learn to speak one of the three; or to learn the literary background of one of the countries. In general only the grammar and French Literature students are satisfield. But a general statement should not be counted too heavily, since the three divisions within this field, namely French, Spanish, and Italian, vary considerably in the degree to which they fulfil these needs...
...also dubbed the President's statement to the effect that he didn't want to be a dictator, "one of his most ineffective gestures...
President Seymour's complete statement follows...
...manifestation of His glory, some men and angels are predestined unto everlasting life and others foreordained to everlasting death. And their number is so certain and definite that it cannot be either increased or diminished." Last week, at the annual Southern Presbyterian General Assembly in Meridian, Miss., this statement came up for discussion. Many a minister defended it, others found it an overstatement which "keeps our ministers constantly on the defensive." The Assembly voted, 151-to-130, to delete the two hard sentences from the confession of faith...