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...settle the coal strike; but the very hopelessness of any settlement save through government interference, emphasizes and great gulf between the strict constructionists of 1789 and the Constitution as interpreted today. Jefferson would turn in his grave if he could see the complex machinery of the national government he strove to hold in check. More and more is it becoming natural for every sort of interest when in difficulty to turn to the government for a solution. The finger of paternalism extended far more readily at present than even fifty years ago is being clutched eagerly, almost feverishly...
...more important delegates, and the impression which the ex-President was obviously making on his audience. The British and American drafts of the Covenant had been amalgamated, and the result was a document which embodied the best features of both, and it was this Covenant for which Mr. Wilson strove...
According to tradition this left the Freshmen in possession of the rope, and with it they promptly started a triumphal march up Main street. The second year men strove valiantly to gain it back, assaulting the yearlings on foot and even with a Ford, but were easily repulsed...
...Message of the American Indian." In the course of his talk he discussed the boy scout movement in its relation to old Indian customs and methods. Declaring that the day of the old-fashioned Indian was past, Mr. Seton told of the ridiculous efforts of the missionaries who strove to turn the Indians from a religion which they themselves often believed. Mr. Seton ended his lecture by predicting that the Government would in time learn to treat the Indian with proper respect, leaving them their religion, their customs, and their homes. "There are good men in the Indian Bureau...
...Huntington at point played a steady, hard game, and was the mainstay of the defence. The forward line played an aggressive game throughout, but was most effectively prevented from scoring by the excellent body-checking of all three of the Princeton backs, who never followed the puck but merely strove to put the opposing forwards out of the play. Then, too, the unusual ability of Peacock, the Princeton goal, turned aside at least three excellent shots in the second half. As a final summing up of the game it may be said that the forwards were unable to cope with...