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...that they are often the only means by which intellectual interests may be indulged that happen to run counter to the demands of concentration and distribution requirements. Frequently a student would like to pursue a subject that is unrelated to divisional examinations, and yet feel that it would not warrant a year's study. In cases of this sort the half course may serve admirably as an introduction to a larger field, or may be merely an end in itself...
...order that the really reckless driver may be apprehended certain indicated speeds are given for various districts. Speeds in excess of those indicated do not warrant arrest but if in so driving the operator violates any of the laws of the road, as for example crowding, or otherwise endangers or collides with any person or property, he is subject to arrest and will be much more severely punished than if the violation were at a lower speed. In other words in the new rule speed is not an offense in itself but is used as a measure of the seriousness...
...west side highway in New York City, the outer drive in Chicago and the super-highways of Detroit indicate that the major city trunk lines of the future will be non-stop express ways probably of elevated construction. There can be little doubt that the economic savings will warrant the development. They offer the most important single step in the urban traffic horizon...
...occupants were put on their mettle. Under Italian law, as was widely pointed out last week, a man can only be arrested for philandering upon complaint of the lady's husband, if she has one. But a woman can be arrested on complaint of anyone on a "common warrant...
...National Automobile Chamber of Commerce dinner in Manhattan President Hoover sent a telephone message in which he said: "We have been cheerful in the use of our automobiles; I do not assume they are being used for transportation to the poorhouse. . . . Altogether the future of the industry does not warrant any despondency...