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When one is precipitated, however, from that generality to the welter of the specific, to fundamentalism is one's own family, to mental astigmatism in the leaders of one's own country, to freedom of speech at a university, human fallibility is almost overwhelming; and all but the stoutest hearts wallow in a slough of despond. The transcendentalist had the happy faculty, which we unfortunately have not, of soaring over this mire from the cradle to the clouds...
Brigham Young. Out of the welter of "spoken and written mendacity" concerning Mormonism, Mr. Dibble draws the picture of a gargantuan figure-ignorant, unscrupulous, tyrannical, lecherous and all- powerful. On the spiritual wife system he was "sealed" for all eternity to "more women than anyone could count...
...least admirable feature of the new year has been the work of the Student Advisory Council, which has met the problem of adviser and advisee more promptly and efficiently than ever before. If amid the welter of first college appointments and new surroundings, a large proportion of Freshmen have already seen advisers, it is due to the work of the Committee, which has changed the old order of things; gone are the days when the lordly Senior Adviser emerged from his den to visit his meek advisees as the snow began...
...some things are reasonably certain. We are approaching a crisis in the politics of Europe--probably the greatest crisis since 1919. Also amid the welter of conflicting opinions and actions it is becoming more and more clear that security is at least as important a factor in the French attitude as is reparations. Any successful settlement must provide security for France...
Three definite points seem to stand out in the welter of criticism: 1. The choice of questions did not seem proportional between prose, poetry, and drama. 2. Without tutors or competent faculty advisers, most students have not been impressed with the importance of beginning their preparations early, nor have they been given the necessary guidance in planning it. 3. The nature of the questions this year required a moderately minute knowledge equally distributed over the whole field of literature; whereas a student's preparation would naturally provide a more thorough knowledge of one or two periods, and only a general...