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...wonder the less distinguished members of that august body are dissatisfied when they are ignored! Small wonder they pack up and go to a university which does not refuse to recognize their potentialities by a guarantee that they will be maintained for a reasonable length of time. Yale cannot afford to sacrifice good teachers to other universities. It is time to wake up and see why we are losing them...
...Filene's arithmetic was based on psychology. He looked out upon the masses of his fellow-countrymen and saw literally millions?"seven out of every ten"?panting for the salt air of the ocean, thirsting for the seasoned flavor of Europe. These millions cannot afford the $500 tickets of the S. S. Paris, Olympic or Aquitania. Second class is expensive; and they refuse to go third class, to label their baggage with an inferior tag, to promenade in the huddled after-decks...
...Stillman has made a bequest whose worth and importance can not be too highly valued. The establishment of such a professorship is a notable contribution to the intellectual and spiritual life of the University, for the incumbents of the Chair will doubtless be men whom Harvard heretofore could not afford to secure and for whom there has been no provision in the academic system. It is unlikely that if Mr. Stillman had not had the imagination, as well as the generosity, to create such a foundation, no provision for just such a Professorship would ever have been made. The further...
...taken as an indication of the Americans' ill will toward Japan." Said the second: "Our nationals now realize that the disarmament conference at Washington was a secret plot between the two groups of the Anglo-Saxons to weaken the fighting strength of the Japanese Navy. Hawaii would afford a splendid base for American naval operations, as Singapore would for the English...
...Gong". This is to be presented for the first time during the coming week by the Harvard Dramatic Club and may well arouse an even more heated controversy between violent detractors and equally violent defenders. Those who would be in touch with the newest movement in dramaturgy cannot afford to miss the opportunity of seeing this Dos Passos play. For it is around plays such as these, which utterly demolish the conventions of the traditional drama, that the theatrical battle of the moment is waging...