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...project of an Eastern Locarno was cherished by Louis Barthou at the time of his assassination. What could be more in harmony with the romantic ideal of poetic justice than that the unrest growing out of his death should be used to foster this scheme...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Yesterday | 12/4/1934 | See Source »

...opponent of unthinking subjection to tradition. This cloistered scholar in a brief seven days of relaxation from his studies produced his "Praise of Folly"--a tract so exquisitely satirical that it places him on a pedestal among his contemporaries and yet so pointed that it set the fire of unrest which was to break into an all-consuming flame when Luther, the violent forceful sword of reason pointed for battle with Rome. Although he was the subject of almost universal adulation Erasmus' life is in essence tragic. His unwillingness to partake of struggle, his profound hatred of violence prevented...

Author: By S. M. B., | Title: The Crimson Bookshelf | 11/30/1934 | See Source »

Representing the mind of the House of Bishops, this document was written and read by Washington's Bishop Rt. Rev. James Edward Freeman. Ranging over a number of social and economic matters, the Pastoral found in the world all manner of unholy ills: "greed . . . indecency . . . degeneracy . . . corruption . . . selfishness . . . unrest . . . hunger . . . despair . . . civil strife . . . indulgence . . . vulgarity . . . ambition . . . infamy . . . hatred . . . suspicion . . . disillusionment . . . privation . . . wickedness . . . misfortune . . . folly." But Bishop Freeman waxed most indignant in contemplating that institution which most plagues his Church-divorce. Tolerant as it has been in some respects, the Episcopal Church has never temporized in its battles against divorce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: In Atlantic City (Concl.) | 11/5/1934 | See Source »

...sweltering summer drew to its close, it became plain that Mr. Roosevelt was finding that the ending to his story presented difficulties. People were beginning to feel that the government was spending millions with no carefully-constructed plan. They were laying labor unrest at the door of the NRA; higher food prices to the AAA. In short, recovery does not seem so sure a bet as it did a short time ago. What is more natural than that Harvard with its conservative leanings should take up its conservative leanings should take up its beliefs again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "EVEN THE WORM . . ." | 10/25/1934 | See Source »

...purpose of determining whether the University's sentiments have changed since the CRIMSON-Literary Digest poll last spring. In the latter, Harvard expressed its approval of President Roosevelt's aims by a vote of 1,011 to 1,024. Whether or not the summer's industrial unrest has caused a reversal of this opinion is one of the main facts sought by the new check-up. VOTING PLACES TODAY All House Dinning Halls 12-1.45 o'clock and 5.30-7.15 o'clock Freshman Union Same Brooks House 12-2 o'clock Sever Hall 9-1 o'clock Harvard Hall Same

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Poll on Roosevelt Policies and Fight for Governorship Taken Today | 10/24/1934 | See Source »

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