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...conduct of the present war. That war more than any other in history is a war between nations as a whole, and not merely between small sections of different nations. It is a war the issue of which depends on the effectiveness for war-like ends of practically every adult amongst the warring groups. Science and its applications enter deeply into almost every phase of modern industry, and as at the moment war is the greatest of all industries, science plays a leading role in the present tragdy of the world. Science itself is, of course, neither moral nor immoral...
...this student chorus suffers in comparison with adult choruses only in qualities which cannot possibly be a fair basis of comparison between students and adults; while in several qualities, such as accuracy of pitch, time and shading, it considerably surpasses many adult choruses...
...Lloyd T. Brown '08, an expert orthopedist saw each student and subjected him to critical study from the point of view of posture and of feet. This study was undertaken mainly to furnish a basis for possible recommendations and advice in order to overcome the increasing prevalence in later adult life of a wide variety of ailments associated with faulty posture, back strain and foot strain...
...Russian Choir, numbering over thirty voices, is composed of adult singers selected from leading choirs in Russia and of younger boys who are the children of Russian immigrants in New York City. The reverential and extremely impressive character of the Russian music, little known to people of other countries, adds its glories to the other dramatic splendors of the Russian orthodox service. Without the Russian deep basses, the religious music of Russia cannot be given. Their combination with the distinct style of the Russian boys gives a strange intensive force and unfamiliar devotional intensity to religious music. In the perfection...
...women's parts, those of the two Fantasts by Mr. Wetherell and Mr. Zinsser were perhaps even funnier than Shadwell intended. The rendering of those female characters that are serious or sentimental is a physical impossibility for adult males. The sooner the aid of Radcliffe is called in for heroines the better...