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...present editorial board of the CRIMSON may be so unanimous in its approval of the proposed division into colleges that it is unwilling to admit to its news and editorial columns even the mildest criticism of that phase of the Student Report, even the vaguest suggestion that the whole of our student body and the whole of intelligent out side opinion does not partake equally of the CRIMSON's enthusiasm for this new proposal. But at least the "Communications" column should be open to expressions of the opposite point of view...
...general bibliography of the best books, elementary and advanced, dealing with each branch of human knowledge; and by a few descriptive words aid the student in selecting those volumes which appeal to his present interest. Today the average student concentrating in government, for example, may have but the vaguest idea as to what writings are best in the fields of music, or astronomy, or art. With such a bibliography printed in a convenient pamphlet form that huge bulk Widener would at once become what it now is only to the exceptional--a treasure trove of knowledge and a mine...
...publisher's attention to "grave errors" in his work. He continues that, at the end of a day's discussion, "the Department was unable to point to any error in fact. They simply disagreed with the conclusions I had drawn." Any one who had only the vaguest idea of what the Near East stands for could hardly fail to side with the State Department...
...Yale-Harvard boat race a horde of small boys greeted them nourishing green journals. "Yale Wins" stared in six-inch headlines. Since the race had ended not five minutes before this publication seemed for the moment a journalistic miracle. Closer inspection revealed a badly written story of the vaguest and most general character. No mention of the lengths or time of victory was made. Furthermore, the Harvard crew was credited with the smoother, prettier form-a statement arrant in its stupidity...
Fifty-six years ago the University authorities suppressed the "Collegian" after its third number, giving no warning and only the vaguest reasons. But "veritas nihil veretur", and two months later the "Advocate" appeared. Since that time, thanks to the vision of the past and present officers of the University, the right to speak has been recognized, and for teachers and students alike it has become established beyond question...