Farewell Advice From College Leaders Across the Nation
A survey of commencement messages shows varied counsel from presidents and deans. Princeton's Dodds warns boredom threatens graduates while Harvard's Conant notes fear in the air. Columbia's Murray Butler cites a lack of moral integrity and Amherst's Leiper locates the mood in intelligent but undirected minds.
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Harold W. Dodds
Princeton
Cornell
Julius Bixler
Harvard
James B. Conant
Vaughan Dabney
Colby
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
William Mather Lewis
Irving School
Tufts
Lee S. McCollester
Amherst
Henry S. Leiper
Tyler Dennett
Williams
Virginia Gildersleeve
Barnard
Nippon Maru Visits San Diego Naval Base Amid Controversy
A four masted Japanese bark with cadets from nine nautical colleges docked in San Diego to view the California Pacific exposition. The writer argues the visit exposes the fear of Japanese spies as exaggerated while criticizing hostile reactions to foreign sightseers and cameras near military sites.
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Nippon Maru
San Diego Harbor
San Diego
Change in American Thought Alters College Grads Outlook
The text notes a shift away from old complacency at commencement platforms. It argues that modern graduates in 1935 must grasp a confused, drifting world, and that educators have not failed to warn them. The passage stresses optimism mixed with awareness of societal changes and evolving attitudes toward life.
Court ruling on processing tax would disrupt hog market
An opinion notes that a court decision against the processing tax would create an unprecedented mess and hurt hog prices as consumer buying power weakens. It argues overproduction and wage constraints strain pork demand, citing the Drovers Journal on broader controls failing to match reality.
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The
Drovers Journal
Chicgo Drovers Journal
Washington
NRA
Brookhart Attacks Agricultural Program After Earlier Support
The Creston Advertiser notes S. W. Brookhart now condemns the agricultural program after recently boosting New Deal measures. Once drawing salary for aiding Republican efforts to elect Senator Murphy, he lost his job as revenue was cut and now positions himself against the policymakers.
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S. W. Brookhart
Republican Party
Murphy
Agin
Creston Advertiser
NRA legislation blamed on bad legal advice
The Sioux City Tribune comments that the bill was written by brain trusters and passed by Congress, noting responsibility lies with Congress and its constitutional lawyers rather than only the advisers.
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NRA
Congress
Sioux City Tribune
Economic Recovery Outlook From Roosevelt's Reform Drive
The article notes economists' charts convincing President Roosevelt to push broader reform. Tables show 1923 25 1929 1933 1934 1935 data on factory employment production payrolls and farm prices, illustrating shifts from low mood to tentative recovery. It discusses policy choices like Ickes and Hopkins plans and Morgen Thau’s stance on FACA authority.
Napoleon’s Code Napoleon as enduring legacy
The article notes Napoleon’s paradoxical legacy of peace through law and credits the Code Napoleon as his lasting monument. It states the code shaped laws in Belgium Holland Swiss cantons Italy Quebec Louisiana and many Latin American nations. Napoleon reportedly predicted future esteem as his crowning glory.
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France
Belgium
Holland
Swiss
Italy
Quebec
Louisiana
Napoleon
Roosevelts Tax Plan Faces Resistance And Shifted Tactics
The piece outlines how Roosevelt’s taxation and anti concentration program could reshape industry into smaller units, affecting labor, land costs, and political power. It notes Huey Long’s challenges to the White House stance and reports on bank bill maneuvers and open market policy debates in New York.
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Roosevelt
Tugwell
New York
James McMullin
Carter Glass
Duncan Fletcher
Federal Reserve Board
Fletcher
Whlhorse
White House
Glass
Adolph C. Miller
Federal Reserve System
Miller
Senator Glass
New York Reserve Bank
O. K
Open Market Committee
Eccles
Senate
Corner stone planned for St Ambrose college ceremony
Fifty years ago today plans were announced for laying the corner stone at St Ambrose college on July 2 with Bishop Cosgrove to officiate. The item notes a formal event and church leadership details.
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St. Ambrose College
Bishop Cosgrove
Dad
T. F. Weiskotten
Grace Lutheran Church
Chicago
St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church
Austrian Leader HORIZONTAL 1 Prince
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Roosevelt era politics and bank stress in 1935 article
The piece outlines pressure on banks in the New Deal era facing federal assessments and potential penalties. State banks seek relief while national banks risk federal receivership. Analysts warn Republicans shift toward conservative strategy aiming for 1938 and 1940 gains as public opinion is portrayed as aligned with Roosevelt or hostile to NRA. Interlude notes New York’s reaction to Roosevelt and a Yale-Harvard regatta.
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New York
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
New London
Roosevelt
Harold Pratt
Socony
Pratt
McClure
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FACA
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Sionge
Trelain
TRE Oms
Ie Dingo
Australia
ICC
Joe Eastman
Department of Commerce
Hugh Johnson
Huey Long
Long
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AAA
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Rosa Iponselle
Pipes
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Supreme Court
George Clarke
NEA Service Inc
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