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...there comes an irrestible urge for action, when they must get them hence. And there are also times when the sedentary life, with pipe, Tom Collinses, an arm chair and all the other appurtenances of leisure seem the only thing, indeed when they are the only thing. On the threshold of such an epoch the Vagabond has arrived, Dunhill in hand. He is sick of wastin' leather on gritty pavin' stones. He is also sick of college. Above all he is sick of grinding out his daily drivel for the unmitigated pleasure of Freshmen while they wait for their questionable...
Mankind is on the threshold of change, evidenced by growing unrest. To suppress the unrest, the rulers are limiting that unique feature of democracy, free speech, and this limitation in turn is aggravating the unrest. One must agree with Mr. Bliven that the normal human being prefers the application of his theory to open discussion about it. Consequently, when one group of people wants to discard a system, say, of government, and another wants to retain it, they fight each other by fair methods or foul. Boiled down, the principle always practiced is that the end justifies the means...
...mind. It is essential, in his opinion, that every school graduate should write and speak clear, forceful English. Mr. Morawetz goes on to attack the present methods of teaching history and literature as mere systems of amassing factual knowledge. The blame for this he conventionally lays upon the threshold of the College Board Examinations...
...given in that connection. The speaker went on to illustrate the enthusiasm with which Woodberry inspired his pupils, and the devotion with which he followed their literary careers, by reading several of the letters which the well-known poet and critic wrote to young men on the threshold of a literary life. He ended by stating that "nothing could have pleased Woodberry more than to have had such a room as this...
...visitors at the White House last week were King Prajadhipok and Queen Rambai Barni of Siam and Bryan Untiedt, 13-year-old hero of last month's Colorado blizzard (TIME, April 6, 13). The ailing little King, first absolute monarch ever to cross the Executive Mansion's threshold, called on President Hoover at 10:15 one morning, hurried back to his quarters to receive the President at n, then spent the afternoon in a dentist's office. After a state dinner at the White House that evening, during which Master Untiedt was permitted to peep through...