Word: topic
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Harvard Debating Union announced last night that it would hold its next meeting Tuesday, April 3, with the entrance of the United States into the World Court as the topic of discussion. The Progressives, represented by F. S. Pollak '23 and P. E. Wilson '23, will support this country's entrance as suggested by President Harding and Secretary Hughes, while the Conservative Club, represented by A. B. Davis '24 and J. U. Harris '24 will oppose the plan. The meeting will be held at 7 P. M. probably in Harvard...
...educational system, or lack of system ? in the United States. College presidents made speches; The New York Times got up a symposium; a federation of women's clubs in Chicago issued local programs; nearly every serious-minded monthly magazine carried signed articles on the general topic; and, by a coincidence, there appeared a letter from President Harding in which he makes some timely remarks on the teaching of history...
...minority report showed intelligence and good taste: the resolution in view of the number voting, was "not particularly significant;" and the whole topic of limitation were better left alone "until we have before us the report of the select committee investigating the subject...
...approach a subject scientifically," said Mr. Davis, "students must be ready to believe many things, and must be prepared to carry the evidence to its conclusion, even though it upset some previous beliefs or opinions. If they add to previous knowledge a careful and orderly consideration of the topic, and shape their beliefs to accord with new facts, then the scientific process begins, and subjects treated in this manner, when they exist in the field of nature, become natural history...
...played its part in the more optimistic view taken of the railroad industry; not until December next can the legislative threats of the Brookharts and Cappers be heard in official session. But apart from this, traffic continues heavy, with apparent prospect of substantial earnings during coming months. The old topic of merging the roads into a few systems has begun again, but until certain Eastern roads can be viewed as assets rather than liabilities, few significant steps toward its realization are likely. In general, prices of railroad and industrial stocks have reached their highest level on the present movement...