Word: veils
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Behind Harvard's blushing veil...
...granting the evils of the open saloon, or of alcohol under any disguise, the question still remains, what is feasible--not what ought to be. If it be found that tomorrow's citizens will drink as well as those of today, it is futile to continue under the present veil of public abstinence and private indulgence. There is no doubt but what a widespread consumption of liquor is an economic and social problem, and is in fact well recognized as such, but if the country is not prepared for such a plunge as the Volstead Act represents, a more moderate...
...particularly apt examples of this, with no assurance that the efficiency will be any greater next year. The plan of holding these examinations for Seniors in the fall instead of the spring was an improvement, but unfortunately the benefit to be derived from it is much diminished by the veil of mystery that hangs over the examinations. On the one side, Seniors should be notified early in September of the exact time of examination, so the souls made a bit callous to academic minutial by a summer of freedom may be properly filled with dread before the week...