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Anyone who at present is a lawyer in Oklahoma will have the chance of a lifetime to make a name for himself. For anyone who can straighten out the muddle of injunctions and appeals and cross-restraining orders in that state deserves a place in the Hall of Fame. The tangle is far too intricate for the lay reader, but one thing is clear. Governor Walton's appeal to force has not been successful, due entirely to the temper of the people of Oklahoma...
This is not spoken as a demurrer against the value of such a proceeding. Anything done to straighten the paths through the present labyrinth will be an invaluable service. It was the delay in settling cases which led to an inquiry by Elihn Root and his committee, and then to the formation of the institute. Its aim is not to codify and thus make rigid the common law, but to restate it in terms of the decisions of the highest courts. Even this can hardly be half completed in the ten years which the Carnegie gift will finance. And with...
...Indy's symphony rose only a little above expectations, which were not too high; a second hearing might perhaps help to straighten out the some-what intricate thematic tangle. One wonders whether such involved symphonic form can remain as a living thing for long...
...militarist and the pacifist. The militarist says 'If we don't prepare to put ourselves on out guard we will have war'. The pacifist asserts that we will get what we prepare for, and there is a certain amount of truth on both sides. The best way to straighten the matter out, perhaps, is to analyze the different types of force, since force must be taken into consideration. They are three in number. Force used for attack, which is aggression; force used to ward off-attack, which is defence; and police force to maintain law and order. The first...
...Cambridge next September. Most of these, men, having no place to sleep and totally ignorant of conditions here will come from one to two weeks before the opening of college. Fortunately for these new arrivals, the Phillips Brooks House Information Bureau will be in operation to help them straighten out the chaos that Cambridge presents to them. This bureau, however, will be swamped to the point of ineffectiveness unless more than a few undergraduates are willing to sacrifice a small portion of their vacation to serve at the desk in Phillips Brooks House...