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Stealthily, last week, and then boldly Citizen Morren of Louvain proceeded to wield a stonemason's pick on the balustrade for 45 minutes, destroying 160 small columns...
Cried chief and successful Filibusterer the Rt. Hon. Thomas L. Church of Toronto : "We need a Mussolini in Canada to wield a big stick over our big corporations! . . . The additional capital stock which the Bell Company seeks power to issue would never be utilized for extensions or added service to the public, but would be gobbled up in a huge melon split. . . . Outrageous...
...Homeric daring. The fifth choice will probably be one who represents per-eminently the elusive spirit of America. There will doubtless be many suggestions, but the choice might well narrow down to the name of Alfred E. Smith and Andrew J. Volstead as the two men who at present wield the most influence on the spirits of the nation...
...greater development of the contact between student and teacher, English A, as well as the tutorial system, offers opportunities worthy of inquiry. In this first year of college work a man may wield great personal influence over his Freshmen, and it is important that the work be made sufficient appealing to draw those who have the power to exert such an influence. Some motion has already been made to give the instructors a chance to express their own tastes in the particular kind of work they are to teach. In the second half year the various sections of the course...
...greatest difficulties confronting Harvard football leaders this year is lack of first rate substitute material. Everywhere is this dearth unmistakably prominent--everywhere, that is, except among the ends. While the coaches have been scouring all quarters for possible quarterbacks, reserve halfbacks, and tackles, they have been forced to wield the axe with a heavy hand among the end candidates and to threaten further devestation in this department, which has reached a very high potential standard...